Thuwal
Thuwal is a coastal village in Jeddah Governorate, Makkah Province, Saudi Arabia, situated along the coast of Red Sea in the Hejaz region. Thuwal is 30 kilometres south of King Abdullah Economic City and 80 kilometres north of Jeddah.Photo: Arbitrarily0, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Town with 17,800 residents
- Description: human settlement in Saudi Arabia
- Also known as: “Tūwal”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Qhadimah.
Qhadimah
Village
Al Qadimah is a village in Makkah Province, on the western coast of Saudi Arabia. It is 94 kilometers north of Jeddah. Along with Thual, it hosts the new economic city project, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology. Qhadimah is situated 9 km northeast of Thuwal.
Thuwal
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Mecca Region, Saudi Arabia, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
22.28335° or 22° 17′ northLongitude
39.11282° or 39° 6′ 46″ eastPopulation
17,800Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)Open location code
7GJX74M7+84OpenStreetMap ID
node 443345673OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
409682Wikidata ID
Q4120103
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Thuwal” goes by many names.
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