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Jeddah ( English: / ˈdʒɛdə / JED-ə ), alternatively transliterated as Jedda, Jiddah or Jidda ( / ˈdʒɪdə / JID-ə; Arabic: جِدَّة, romanized : Jidda, Hejazi Arabic pronunciation: [ˈ (d)ʒɪd.da] ), is a port city in Makkah Province, Saudi Arabia, located along the Red Sea coast in the Hejaz region. Jeddah is the commercial center of the country. It is not known when Jeddah ...
King Abdulaziz International Airport [a] ( IATA: JED, ICAO: OEJN, colloquially referred to as Jeddah Airport, Jeddah International Airport, or KAIA ), is a major international airport serving the cities of Jeddah and Mecca in Saudi Arabia, located 19 kilometres (12 mi) north of Jeddah and covering an area of 105 square kilometres (41 sq mi). The airport is the busiest in the kingdom and the ...
Jeddah Tower. Jeddah Tower or Burj Jeddah ( Arabic: برج جدة ), [10] previously known as Kingdom Tower ( برج المملكة ), is a skyscraper construction project in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. It is planned to be the first 1 km (3,281 ft) tall building and would be the world's tallest building or structure upon completion, standing 180 m ...
Health care in Saudi Arabia. International Medical Center or IMC is a large hospital in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and was built in 2005. The CEO of the center is Dr. Walid Fitaihi . The IMC is a multi-disciplinary hospital that features specialty centers providing a wide range of comprehensive treatment options for different health problems.
By day he paced the deck, stuck for the last two years in the seaport of Jeddah, unable to set foot on land because of Saudi Arabia’s strict immigration laws.
9 June 2021. ( 2021-06-09) The Jeddah Superdome (JSD; Arabic: جدة سوبر دوم, romanized : Jidda Sūbar Dūm) is a 40,000 seat multi-purpose event space located on Madinah Road, west of King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Since its opening in June 2021, it hosts all local and international exhibitions, conferences, and ...
King Faisal of Saudi Arabia played a significant role in King Abdulaziz University's success. King Abdulaziz University ( KAU) ( Arabic: جامعة الملك عبد العزيز) is a public research university in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Established in 1967 as a private university by a group of businessmen led by Muhammad Bakhashab and including ...
The King Fahd Hospital in Jeddah considered as a landmark medically, it is the largest Ministry of Health hospital in the region. It has a number of specialized centres and departments, including centres for heart, nose, ear and throat, kidney, as well as a dental center and a center for laparoscopy surgery, [2] and can practice nuclear ...
Dar Al-Hekma University is a private, non-profit institution of higher education in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Classes are taught in English. The University started in September 1999, with the approval of the Saudi Ministry of Education. It received the university status in January 2014.
Tourism in Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia is the second biggest tourist destination in the Middle East with over 16 million visiting in 2017. [1] Although most tourism in Saudi Arabia still largely involves religious pilgrimages, there is growth in the leisure tourism sector.