Yanbu

Yanbu al Bahr, commonly known as Yanbu, is a city in the on the western coast of , along the Red Sea. Yanbu al Bahr offers a blend of industrial charm, cultural heritage, and natural beauty, making it an interesting destination for travelers.
Photo: Finlay McWalter, Public domain.
  • Type: City with 233,000 residents
  • Description: place in Al Madinah, Saudi Arabia
  • Also known as: “Janboe”, “Janbu al-Bahr”, “Yambo”, “Yambu”, “Yanbo al-Bahr”, “Yanbu al Bahr”, “Yanbu al-Bahar”, “Yanbu al-Bahr”, “Yanbu‘”, “Yanbu‘ al Bahr”, “Yanbu‘ al-Bahr”, “Yanbu`”, “Yanbuʿ al-Bahr”, “Yembo”, “Yenbo”, “Yenbo‘ al Bahar”, “Янбу қаласы”, “Янбу-аль-Бахр”, “الباحۃ”, “ينبع البحر”, “ينبع الصناعية”, “यानबु”, and “மாந்தர்களின் வாழிடம்”

Yanbu

Latitude
24.089° or 24° 5′ 21″ north
Longitude
38.0687° or 38° 4′ 7″ east
Population
233,000
Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)
IATA airport code
YNB
UN/LOCODE
SA YNB
Open location code
7GPW33Q9+JF
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Yanbu” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Janbu”
  • Arabic: “ينبع”
  • Bengali: “ইয়ানবু”
  • Catalan: “Yanbo”
  • Cebuano: “Yanbu‘ al Baḩr”
  • Chinese: “延布”
  • Czech: “Janbú”
  • Danish: “Yanbu”
  • Dutch: “Yanbu”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ينبع”
  • Esperanto: “Janbo”
  • Esperanto: “Janbu”
  • Finnish: “Yanbu‘ al Bahr”
  • Finnish: “Yanbu”
  • French: “Yanbou”
  • French: “Yanbu”
  • Georgian: “იანბუ”
  • German: “Yanbu’ al-Bahr”
  • German: “Yanbuʿ”
  • Greek: “Γιάνμπου”
  • Gujarati: “યાન્બુ”
  • Hebrew: “ינבוע”
  • Hindi: “यनबू”
  • Hindi: “यांबू”
  • Indonesian: “Yanbu”
  • Irish: “Yanbu”
  • Italian: “Yanbuʿ”
  • Japanese: “ヤンブー”
  • Kannada: “ಯನ್ಬು”
  • Kannada: “ಯಾನ್ಬು”
  • Kazakh: “Yanbw”
  • Kazakh: “Янбу”
  • Kazakh: “يانبۋ”
  • Korean: “얀부”
  • Kurdish: “Yenbu‘”
  • Latvian: “Janbu”
  • Lithuanian: “Janbu”
  • Malay: “Yanbu”
  • Malayalam: “യാമ്പു”
  • Marathi: “यॅनबू”
  • Mingrelian: “იანბუ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Yanbu”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Yanbu”
  • Norwegian: “Yanbu”
  • Persian: “ینبع”
  • Polish: “Janbu”
  • Portuguese: “Iambo”
  • Russian: “Янбу-эль-Бахр”
  • Russian: “Янбу”
  • Scots: “Yanbu”
  • Sindhi: “ينبع”
  • Sinhala: “යන්බු”
  • Spanish: “Yanbu”
  • Sundanese: “Yanbu”
  • Swedish: “Yanbu”
  • Tagalog: “Yanbu”
  • Tamil: “யான்பு”
  • Telugu: “యంబు”
  • Thai: “ยานบู”
  • Turkish: “Yenbu”
  • Ukrainian: “Янбу-ель-Бахр”
  • Urdu: “ینبع”
  • Urdu: “ینبو”
  • Vietnamese: “Yanbu”
  • Western Panjabi: “ینبع البحر”

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