Jeddah

Jeddah (also spelled Jedda, Jiddah, Jidda, or Juddah; جدّة Ǧiddah) is a Saudi Arabian city. It is on the coast of the Red Sea (21.50° N 39.1667° E). It is the major urban center in western Saudi Arabia. Jeddah is the largest city in the Western Province, and the second largest city in Saudi Arabia after the capital city Riyadh. The city has over 3.4 million people. It is seen as the business capital of Saudi Arabia and the richest city in the Middle East and western Asia.

Jeddah is the main gateway to Mecca, the holiest city of Islam, where able-bodied Muslims must go to at least once in a lifetime.

 Sister cities 
Jeddah has 23 sister cities (aka "twin towns"):

  Almaty, Kazakhstan
  Amman, Jordan
  Baku, Azerbaijan
  Alexandria, Egypt
  Cairo, Egypt
  Stuttgart, Germany
  Dubai, United Arab Emirates
  Jakarta, Indonesia
  Istanbul, Turkey
  Adana, Turkey
  Johor Bahru, Malaysia
  Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia
  Karachi, Pakistan
  Mari, Turkmenistan
  Odesa, Ukraine
  Osh, Kyrgyzstan
  Plovdiv, Bulgaria
  Casablanca, Morocco
  Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  Shimonoseki, Japan
  St. Petersburg, Russia
  Strasbourg, France
  Xi'an, People's Republic of China

References


Category:6th-century BC establishments
Category:Establishments in Saudi Arabia