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Jeddah City
Where desert and water meet rises the gateway to Islam, a city of life and a crossroad of culture.
One of the most ancient cities in Arabia, with traditional roots going back as far as Adam & Eve has grown to be the second largest city in Saudi and the recreational, tourist, and shopping focus of the Country.
Jeddah is categorized as the business capital of Saudi Arabia. With major international companies, a huge variety of local business and the seaport, Jeddah is the logical place to look for investment in Saudi Arabia.
Jeddah (also spelled Jedda, Jiddah, Jidda, or Juddah; جدّة iddah) ,a Saudi Arabian city located on the coast of the Red Sea (21.50° N 39.1667° E), is the major urban center in western Saudi Arabia, the largest in the Western 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 as the commercial capital of Saudi Arabia and the wealthiest city in Middle East and western Asia.
Jeddah is the principal gateway to Mecca, the holiest city of Islam, which able-bodied Muslims are required to visit at least once in a lifetime.
Locations
Jeddah Seaport
Jeddah Seaport
The Old City with its traditional multistory buildings and merchant houses has lost ground to more modern development. However, the city's recent generations have come to appreciate its traditions more, and have persevered in having many of the older buildings carefully preserved.
The city has several popular private beaches, including Durrat Al-Arus, Crystal Resort, FAL, Al Remal, Shums, Bait Albahar, Salhia, Sheraton Abhur, Al Nakheel Village and many other splendid resorts. Many are renowned for their preserved Red Sea marine life and offshore coral reefs.
Jeddah is served by King Abdulaziz International Airport. One of the airport's three passenger terminals is a special outdoor "tent" terminal, which was constructed to handle the more than 2 million pilgrims who pass through the airport during the Hajj season. Moreover, the Jeddah Seaport which is the 30th largest seaport in the world (2004) handles the majority of Saudi Arabia's commercial movement.
Jeddah Airport
Jeddah Airport
Satellite image
Satellite image
Also, one of three consulates of the United States of America in Saudi Arabia is located in Jeddah, along with consulates for 67 other countries such as United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Russia and China as well as countries of the Organization of the Islamic Conference and Arab League.
History
The city was founded as a fishing village over 2,500 years ago, but first achieved prominence in 647 A.D., when the Muslim caliph Othman ibn Affan turned it into a port for Muslim pilgrims making the required hajj to Mecca.
Jeddah was for centuries the main city of the historic Hejaz province and historic port for pilgrims arriving by sea on their pilgrimage or hajj to Mecca.
At the end of the 17th century, the Ottoman Turks conquered Hejaz, including the holy city of Mecca and Jeddah. The Ottomans rebuilt the city walls of Jeddah following their victory over Lopo Soares de Albergaria's armada in the Red Sea.
During World War I, Sharifs of Hejaz whom were the Ottoman commanders of the area had revolted against turkish empire seeking independence from the ruling Ottoman Turks and creating a single unified Arab state spanning from Aleppo in Syria to Aden in Yemen.
A few years later, King Ibn Sa'ud, whose clan originated in the central Najd province, conquered Mecca (1924), Medina, and Jeddah, and deposed the Sharif of Hejaz, Hussein Bin 'Ali Al Hashem, who fled to Cyprus, settling eventually in Amman, Jordan, where his descendants became the Hashemite royal family.
In this way, as part of Hejaz, Jeddah came under the sway of the Sa'ud dynasty. In 1926, Ibn Sa'ud added the title King of Hijaz to his position of Sultan of Najd. Today, Jeddah has lost its historical role in peninsular politics, historic Hejaz province along the west coast having been subdivided into smaller provinces, with Jeddah falling within the new province of Makkah with its provincial capital Mecca .
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