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Hover over a region to see its data; click to open its page.Tap a region to open its page.Population: Saudi Census 2022, General Authority for Statistics · Simplified, unofficial boundaries made with Natural Earth

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From southern mountains to the Red Sea coast, from eastern oases to northern deserts. Discover a remarkable diversity of place.

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Image attribution: Al Ula (6748577917) — Sammy Six, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Al_Ula_(6748577917).jpg ; license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ . Resized by Wikimedia; renamed locally. Photograph: January 2012. CMS derivative: converted to WebP at quality 85; proportionally resized within 2400 × 2400 without enlargement where needed. Card/hero display may crop to fit; original composition is not retouched. / نسخة CMS: تحويل إلى WebP بجودة 85 وتصغير تناسبي عند الحاجة ضمن 2400 × 2400 دون تكبير؛ قد يقتطع العرض داخل البطاقات أو رأس المقال أطراف الصورة، دون تنقيح محتواها. · License: CC BY 2.0 Generic — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
Stories of place

Geography of AlUla

AlUla is a governorate in Madinah Region in northwestern Saudi Arabia, where cultivated oases and settlements lie among wadis and desert escarpments.

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