Saudi Arabia
Hejaz
Medina Region

Al-Ula

al-Ula, officially AlUla, is an ancient Arabian oasis city and governorate located in Medina Province, Saudi Arabia, 350 kilometres northwest of the city of .
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  • Type: Town with 32,400 residents
  • Description: city in Saudi Arabia
  • Also known as: “Al Ola”, “al-‘Ula”, “al-‘Ulā”, “Al-`Ula”, “AlUla”, and “Dedan”
  • Historically known as: “Dadan”

Al-Ula

Latitude
26.5589° or 26° 33′ 32″ north
Longitude
37.9597° or 37° 57′ 35″ east
Population
32,400
Elevation
692 metres (2,270 feet)
IATA airport code
ULH
Open location code
7GRVHX55+HV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 7700293159
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
108841
Wiki­data ID
Q27242
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Al-Ula” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “العلا”
  • Arabic: “العُـلا”
  • Arabic: “العُلا”
  • Arabic: “دادان” (historical)
  • Arabic: “ددن” (historical)
  • Arabic: “ديدان” (historical)
  • Arabic: “محافظه العلا”
  • Arabic: “مدينة العلا”
  • Asturian: “Al-Ula”
  • Catalan: “Al-Ula”
  • Catalan: “Dedan”
  • Cebuano: “Al ‘Ulá”
  • Central Kurdish: “ئەلعوولا”
  • Chinese: “乌拉”
  • Chinese: “埃爾奧拉”
  • Chinese: “欧拉”
  • Chinese: “歐拉”
  • Danish: “Al-`Ula”
  • Dutch: “Al-’Ula”
  • Dutch: “Al-`Ula”
  • Dutch: “AlUla”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “العلا”
  • Esperanto: “Al-‘Ula”
  • Esperanto: “Al-’Ula”
  • French: “Al-‘Ula”
  • French: “al-‘Ulâ”
  • French: “al-‘Ulā”
  • French: “Al-ʿUla”
  • French: “AlUla”
  • German: “al `Ula”
  • German: “Al-’Ula”
  • German: “al-ʿUla”
  • German: “Al-ʿUla”
  • Greek: “Αλ-Ούλα”
  • Hebrew: “אל אולה”
  • Hebrew: “אל-עולא”
  • Hindi: “अल उला”
  • Hindi: “अल-उला”
  • Indonesian: “Al-`Ula”
  • Irish: “Al-Ula”
  • Italian: “al-‘Ulā”
  • Italian: “Al-’Ula”
  • Italian: “Alula”
  • Japanese: “アル・ウラー”
  • Japanese: “アル＝ウラ”
  • Japanese: “ウラー”
  • Lithuanian: “Ula (Saudo Arabija)”
  • Lithuanian: “Ula”
  • Malay: “Al-‘Ula”
  • Malay: “Al-’Ula”
  • Malayalam: “അൽ ഉല”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Al-`Ula”
  • Persian: “العلا”
  • Polish: “Al-Ula”
  • Portuguese: “Alula”
  • Russian: “Аль-Ула”
  • Russian: “Эль-Ула”
  • Slovenian: “Al-‘Ula”
  • Slovenian: “Al-’Ula”
  • Spanish: “Al-‘Ula”
  • Spanish: “Al-`Ula”
  • Spanish: “Al-Ula”
  • Spanish: “AlUla”
  • Tagalog: “Al-`Ula”
  • Tamil: “al lula”
  • Turkish: “El-Ula”
  • Urdu: “العلا”
  • Western Armenian: “Ալ-Ուլա”
  • Yue Chinese: “埃爾奧拉”

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