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Jeddah
Taif
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Dammam
Dhahran
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Jeddah is the second
largest city after Riyadh, it is the main port of the Kingdom on the Red Sea and main gate
through which most of the pilgrims arrive by air and sea to perform Umrah, Haj or to visit
the two holy mosques. Area inhabited is more than 1,500 km, and population is more than
one and half million. Jeddah is an industrial and active commercial center, with modern
features, squares and courtyards. It is an important tourism center, with an eighty
kilometer long beautiful corniche on the Red Sea coast. Jeddah also comprises the King
Abdul Aziz University, King Abdul Aziz International Airport and Jeddah Islamic Port. King
Fahd Fountain is located inside the Red Sea, near the coast, is an outstanding feature of
the port of Jeddah particularly during the night when it sends beautiful colored water up
to two hundred and sixty meters.
The name Jeddah meaning the
"Ancestor of Women" is attributable to the tomb in the city which is believed to
belong to Eve. Today, it is not however possible to see that interesting place since the
Saudi Arabian government had the tomb destroyed for the reason that it would instigate
perversions in the religion. Jeddah which gained importance during the Ottoman rule, was
incorporated into the Kingdom of Hejaz and later came under the British control. It joined
the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 1927.
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