Jeddah

Jeddah (whiles spelled Jiddah or Jedda ; ;   or , ) is a Saudi Arabie ceety locatit on the coast o the Reid Sea an is the major urban centre o wastren Saudi Arabie. It is the lairgest ceety in Makkah Province, the lairgest sea port on the Reid Sea, an the seicont lairgest ceety in Saudi Arabie efter the caipital ceety, Riyadh. The population o the ceety currently stands at ower 3.4 million. It is an important commercial hub in Saudi Arabie.

Jeddah is the principal gatewey tae Mecca, Islam's holiest ceety, which able-bodied Muslims are required tae veesit at least ance in thair lifetime. It is an aa a gateway tae Medina, the seicont holiest place in Islam.

Jeddah is the maist cosmopolitan an tolerant o aw Saudi Arabie ceeties, hostin expatriates frae aw ower the warld who hae made Jeddah thair hame. Economically, Jeddah is focussin on further developin caipital investment in scienteefic an ingineerin leadership athin Saudi Arabie, an the Middle East. Jeddah wis independently ranked 4t in the Africae / Mid-East region in terms o innovation in 2009 in the Innovation Ceeties Index.http://www.innovation-cities.com/emerging-middle-east-africa-city-index/

Regionally, Jeddah is a primar resort ceety o the kintra. Jeddah wis namit a seicont-tier beta warld ceety, accordin tae Globalization an Warld Cities Study Group an Network (GaWC).

 Sister ceeties 
Jeddah haes 23 sister ceeties (kent as "twin touns" forby):

 20px Almaty, Kazakhstan
 20px Amman, Jordan
 20px Baku, Azerbaijan
 20px Alexandria, Egyp
 20px Cairo, Egyp
 20pxStuttgart, Germany
 20px Dubai, Unitit Arab Emirates
 20px Jakarta, Indonesie
 20px Istanbul, Turkey
 20px Adana, Turkey
 20px Johor Bahru, Malaysie
 20px Oran, Algerie 20px 20px Kazan, Tatarstan, Roushie
 20px Karachi, Pakistan
 20px Mary, Turkmenistan
 20px Odessa, Ukraine
 20px Osh, Kyrgyzstan
 20px Plovdiv, Bulgarie
 20px Casablanca, Morocco
 20px Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
 20px Shimonoseki, Japan
 20px St. Petersburg, Roushie
 20px Strasbourg, Fraunce
 20px Xi'an, Fowkrepublic o Cheenae

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Category:Populatit places in Makkah Province