Middle East
Saudi Arabia
Mecca Region

Thuwal

Thuwal is a coastal village in Jeddah Governorate, Makkah Province, , situated along the coast of Red Sea in the region. Thuwal is 30 kilometres south of and 80 kilometres north of .
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  • Type: Town with 17,800 residents
  • Description: human settlement in Saudi Arabia
  • Also known as: “Tūwal”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Al Qadimah.

Village
Photo: Badeea.Alahdal, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village in Makkah Province, on the western coast of . It is 94 kilometers north of . Along with Thual, it hosts the new economic city project, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology. is situated 9 km northeast of Thuwal.

Thuwal

Latitude
22.28335° or 22° 17′ north
Longitude
39.11282° or 39° 6′ 46″ east
Population
17,800
Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)
Open location code
7GJX74M7+84
Open­Street­Map ID
node 443345673
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
409682
Wiki­data ID
Q4120103
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Thuwal” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ثول”
  • Arabic: “مركز ثول”
  • Chinese: “图瓦”
  • Chinese: “圖沃”
  • Dutch: “Thuwal”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ثول”
  • French: “Thuwal”
  • German: “Thuwal”
  • Hebrew: “ת’וול”
  • Hebrew: “ת’ול”
  • Irish: “Thuwal”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Thuwal”
  • Persian: “ثول”
  • Russian: “Тувваль”
  • Turkish: “Suval”
  • Urdu: “الباحۃ”
  • Urdu: “ثول”

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Notable Places Nearby

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