Cities of Saudi Arabia

Dammam

Dammam is one of the three most important cities that lie in the Arabian
Gulf. This Saudi Arabian city is known for some of the most important
petroleum refining cities in the world. It is the largest city in the Eastern
Province and a very important seaport of Saudi Arabia. Dammam in
Saudi Arabia stretches into the other two important cities of Al-Khobar
and Dhahran.
The tourist attractions in Dammam at Saudi Arabia ofer various
sightseeing opportunities to its visitors. One can check out the Coastal
Sports Center or the King Fahd Park. The Sport Center shows the
passion amongst the Arab youths for sports while the Park displays the
type of vegetation that the city has. But the most important of all tourist
destinations at Dammam is the Alkhleej Makarim Village on the Half
Moon Beach. This is the one of the very famous luxurious resorts in the
whole Middle East region.
 Riyadh

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia’s capital and main financial hub, is on a desert

plateau in the country’s center. Business district landmarks include the
302m-high Kingdom Centre, with a sky bridge connecting 2 towers, and
267m-high Al Faisaliah Centre, with a glass-globe summit. In the
historical Deira district, Masmak Fort marks the site of the 1902 raid
that gave the Al Sauds control of Riyadh. The Riyadh Region is
a region (mintaqah) of Saudi Arabia, also called Al-Wosta, located in
the center of the country. It has an area of 404,240 km² and a
population of 6,777,146 (2010), making it the second-largest province
in terms of both area (behind the Eastern Region) and population
(behind Makkah Region). Its capital is the city of Riyadh, which is
also the national capital. More than 75% of the population of the province
resides within Riyadh. According to the 2004 census, 1,728,840 of the
province's population is non-Saudi (approximately 31%), with
1,444,500 of those living within the provincial capital, Riyadh.
 Jeddah

Jeddah is a city in the Tihamah region of the Hejaz 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 , the largest seaport on the Red
Sea, and with a population of about four million people (as of 2017),
the second-largest city in Saudi Arabia after the capital city, Riyadh.
Jeddah is Saudi Arabia's commercial capital.
Jeddah is the principal gateway to Makkah and Madinah, two of
the holiest cities in Islam and popular tourist attractions.
Jeddah is one of Saudi Arabia's primary resort cities and was named
a Beta world city by the Globalization and World Cities Study Group
and Network (GAWC). Given the city's close proximity to the Red Sea,
fishing and seafood dominates the food culture unlike other parts of the
country. In Arabic, the city's motto is "Jeddah Ghair," which translates
to "Jeddah is different." The motto has been widely used among both
locals as well as foreign visitors. The city had been previously perceived
as the "most open" city in Saudi Arabia.
 Taif

Taif is a city in the Makkah Province of southwest Saudi Arabia. It’s

known for 20th-century Shubra Palace, a grand, white-walled building
with latticework windows. Now the Taif Regional Museum, it exhibits
artifacts from Islamic and pre-Islamic periods. In the west, King
Fahad Garden has grassy lawns, restaurants and a lagoon. Just east is
Taif National Park, with trees and a large dam. During the summer
months Taif becomes the summer capital. Throughout the year, the city
is one of the most popular holiday resorts. Taif is a contrast of the old
and new. There are ultra-modern government offices of marble and glass
beside the old mud structures with wooden louvre windows and carved
wooden doors. The plantings of oleander and palms enhance the old and
new buildings. The landscape terraced for irrigating the fields, which are
very productive. The city is the centre of an agricultural area known for
its grapes, roses and honey. Taif is famous for pomegranates, wheat,
vines, and fruit which are grown around Taif and this is how the city
earned its title “The Garden of The Hejaz.”