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 Jeddah (Jiddah, Jidda, Jedda), Saudi Arabia

Jeddah (also spelled Jiddah, Jidda, or Jedda) is a Saudi Arabian city located on the coast of the Red Sea and is the major urban center of western Saudi Arabia. It is the largest city in Makkah Province, and the second largest city in Saudi Arabia after the capital city, Riyadh. The population of the city currently stands at over 3.4 million. It is considered the commercial capital of Saudi Arabia[1].


Jeddah is the principal gateway to Mecca, Islam's holiest city, which able-bodied Muslims are required to visit at least once in their lifetime.


Residents of Jeddah are called Jeddans. Jeddah has 24 sister cities, which are selected based on economic, cultural and political criteria.

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Fri. November 20, 2009

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But in Saudi Arabia, the country which is home to Islam's holy sites, modernisers are only then successful if at the same time they are respected for ...
Sri Lanka embassy officials in Saudi Arabia say that nothing can be done about the plight of the over 200 Sri Lankan migrant workers living under the ...
EDDAH - Construction of Lamar Towers - the first integrated skyscraper project in the Western Region of Saudi Arabia - is now in full swing after the ...
The Indonesian man, who was coming from Jeddah, added that he had persuaded the maids to go with him to Makkah and taken SR250 from each of them. ...

Jeddah: A total of 20 Influenza A(H1N1) cases have been reported among foreign Haj pilgrims since they started arriving here for this year's pilgrimage, ...
As at yesterday, according to the bulletin, the Nigeria Medical Mission in Saudi Arabia so far recorded a total of 13 deaths. Of the number eight were in ...
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Nov. 20 /prnewswire/ -- Child custody cases in the Middle East almost always end in favor of the father. ...
She finally found work as a servant in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and left us with our grandparents in the refugee camp. I was about 4. ...
A leading business group is seeking an experienced hotel General Manager to oversee the operations of an existing mid-scale hotel in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. ...
The pilgrims are arriving in Saudi Arabia and the kingdom is gearing up in preparation. The official start of the month, Zilhajj (or Dul Hujjah) was ...
However, sources confirmed that while police kept watch at the airport all day, Wahab boarded a flight 7 pm flight to Jeddah in Saudi Arabia from Mumbai ...
Often at the rate of 50000 per hour, columns of robed pilgrims will stream through Jeddah's specially designed, gleaming Hajj terminals. ...
Jeddah - Saudi Arabia's currency peg to the US dollar 'benefits' the kingdom and will remain as long as the greenback remains the main reserve currency ...
"We are also finalizing new projects in Jeddah and other parts of this great country," Yusuffali added. Ma further said "we see tremendous market potential ...
It is GSCCO's 10-year history of success with SPARCS at Jeddah Northern Container Terminal that played a major role in the contracting company's decision to ...
We are bundled off to Saudi Arabia. Then they say that I have set up a factory in Saudi Arabia. What do they think? Should I have begged in Jeddah with a ...
At least 4000 trucks remain stranded on the UAE side of the border here waiting to cross into Saudi Arabia, with the numbers continuing to grow by the hour. ...
The writer is Chief Executive Officer of Jeddah-based SEDCO Holding, a leading Sharia-compliant investment and wealth management firm in Saudi Arabia.
The head of the federal government medical team to the 2009 Hajj, Dr Ibrahim Kana, has confirmed that 11 Nigerian pilgrims have died in Saudi Arabia. ...
He had never set foot outside the United States until the day he flew to Saudi Arabia, where he became one of the first 400 graduate students to start ...
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia - The seemingly perpetual Middle East "peace process" is now at a moment of truth. Chief Palestinian negotiator ...
Jeddah - France already has a good basis from which to expand its role in Saudi Arabia and the wider gulf. Among European countries, only Germany exports ...
Saudi Arabian airlines, based in Jeddah, is the national airline of Saudi Arabia. It operates domestic and international scheduled flights to over 70 ...
In Saudi Arabia alone, Marriott has lined up 10 new hotels to be built in 2011-2014, they are: the 200-room Riyadh Courtyard (2011); the 250-room Jeddah ...
According to the Ministry nearly 3000 migrant workers are currently living under a bridge in Jeddah due to the maltreatment by their employers. ...
Saudi Arabia is home to some 600000 Indonesians, the majority of whom work as maids, labourers and drivers. The online news provider said Indonesia was in ...
Two people have been beheaded in Jeddah for theft and murder. Mohammed Barmil from India and Bandar Nikar from Sri Lanka entered the home of Mariam Hussein, ...
Saudi Arabia has regained control of an area of territory seized by Yemeni rebels in an incursion last week, a senior defence official in the kingdom has ...
Saudi Arabia has regained control of an area of territory seized by Yemeni rebels in an incursion last week, a senior defence official in the kingdom has ...
The first batch of 270 pilgrims bound for Haj left for Jeddah by a Saudi Arabian airlines flight from Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport here ...
The first batch of 270 pilgrims bound for Haj left for Jeddah by a Saudi Arabian airlines flight from Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport here ...
They also said Iran was using the Houthi rebels to create trouble inside Saudi Arabia. They suggested Tehran was arming the rebels. ...
Saudi Arabian authorities are concerned about the effects the H1N1 pandemic will have on this year's pilgrimage. Anxious religious officials in Saudi Arabia ...
They also said Iran was using the Houthi rebels to create trouble inside Saudi Arabia. They suggested Tehran was arming the rebels. ...
Saudi Arabian authorities are concerned about the effects the H1N1 pandemic will have on this year's pilgrimage. Anxious religious officials in Saudi Arabia ...
It was only with the advent of professionalism in Japan and burgeoning football ambition in Saudi Arabia and the rest of the Middle East that the ...
Almutlak Trade & Industries is based in Jeddah
King Abdulaziz International Airport and the Jeddah
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