List of cities in Saudi Arabia

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The list of cities in Saudi Arabia provides an overview of the population development in the larger cities of the Middle East state of Saudi Arabia .

The largest city in Saudi Arabia is Riyadh with 5,188,286 inhabitants ( 2010 census ). This means that around 13.5 percent of the country's people live in the capital. Mecca and Medina are considered Haram (holy district) and are therefore completely closed to non-Muslims.

The following table contains the cities with more than 50,000 inhabitants, their names in international spelling or in German transcription and in Arabic as well as the results of the population censuses (VZ) of September 9, 1974, September 27, 1992, September 15, 2004 and September 28 April 2010. The province to which the city belongs is also listed. The population figures refer to the actual city without the suburbs.

rank city Arabic
1974 census
1992 census
2004 census		 census
2010		 province
1. Riad الرياض 666.840 2,776,096 4,087,152 5,188,286 Riad
2. Jeddah جدة 561.104 2,046,251 2,801,481 3,430,697 Mecca
3. Mecca مكة 366,801 965.697 1,294,168 1,534,731 Mecca
4th Medina المدينة 198.186 608.295 918.889 1,100,093 Medina
5. Damam الدمام 127,844 482,321 744.321 903.312 al-Sharqiyyah
6th Ta'if الطائف 204.857 416.121 521.273 579.970 Mecca
7th Taboo تبوك 74,825 292,555 441.351 512,629 Taboo
8th. Buraida بريدة 69,940 248,636 378.422 467.410 al-Qasim
9. Khamis Mushait خميس مشيط 49,581 217.870 372,695 430,828 Asir
10. Hofuf الهفوف 101.271 225,847 287.841 330.394
 al-Sharqiyyah
11. al-Mubarraz المبرز 54,325 219.123 285,067 330.394
 al-Sharqiyyah
12. al-Jubail الجبيل ... 140,828 222,544 337.778 al-Sharqiyyah
13. Ha'il حائل 40.502 176,757 267.005 310,897 Hail
14th Najran نجران 47.502 90,983 246.880 298.288 Najran
15th Hafar al-Batin حفر الباطن ... 137.793 231.978 271,642 al-Sharqiyyah
16. Abha أبها 30,150 112,316 201.912 236.157 Asir
17th ath-thuqba الثقبة ... 125,650 191,826 238.066 al-Sharqiyyah
18th al-Khardj الخرج ... 152.071 200,958 234,607 Riad
19th Yanbuʿ al-Bahr ينبع البحر ... 119,819 188,430 233.236 Medina
20th al-Chubar الخبر 48,817 141,683 165.799 219,679 al-Sharqiyyah
21st ʿArʿar عرعر ... 108.055 145.237 167.057 al-Hudud al-Shamaliyya
22nd Unaiza عنيزة ... 91.106 128,930 152.895 al-Qasim
23. Sakaka سكاكا ... 65,793 122,686 150.257 al-Jauf
24. al-Hawiyya الحوية ... 93,888 132.078 148.151 Mecca
25th Jazan جازان 32,814 56,565 100,694 127,743 Jazan
26th Dhahran الظهران ... 73,691 97,446 120,521 al-Sharqiyyah
27. al-Qatif القطيف ... 98,920 98.278 118,327 al-Sharqiyyah
28. al-Qurayyat القريات ... 72,921 100,436 116.162 al-Jauf
29 al-Baha الباحة ... ... 85.212 95,089 al-Baha
30th Wadi ad-Dawasir وادى الدواسر ... ... 79,558 93,036 Riad
31. ar race الرس ... 56,866 79,632 92.501 al-Qasim
32. Bishop بيشة ... 43,485 78,303 86,201 Asir
33. Tarut (island) تاروت ... 38,055 80,686 77,757 al-Sharqiyyah
34. Sayhat سيهات ... 58,060 66,038 75,794 al-Sharqiyyah
35. Sharura شرورة ... 37.091 65,185 75,237 Najran
36. Bahra بحرة ... ... 59,809 75.213 Mecca
37. al-Khafji الخفجي ... 49,729 54,464 67.012 al-Sharqiyyah
38. Sabya صبياء 34,951 52,441 63.143 Jazan
39. Dawadimi الدوادمى ... 37,871 53,071 61,834 Riad
40. az-Zulfi الزلفي ... 41,660 52.209 60,867 Riad
41. Ahad Rafida أحد رفيدة ... ... 50,080 57,112 Asir
  1. ↑ a b The cities of Hofuf and Al-Mubarraz were recorded separately up to and including the 2004 census, but in 2010 together with a total of 660,788 inhabitants. In order to ensure that the table can still be sorted, the recorded number of inhabitants was divided equally between the two cities, which were almost equally large

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Central Department of Statistics & Information
  2. ↑ Central Department of Statistics & Information: Census 1992 ( Memento of the original of July 24, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Arabic) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cdsi.gov.sa
  3. ↑ a b Central Department of Statistics & Information: Releases for 2004 census ( Memento of the original from April 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Arabic) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cdsi.gov.sa