At Ta'if

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At Ta'if

Total population

579,970

Coordinates21.27°, 40.42°

Demographic figures from General Authority for Statistics (Saudi Arabia). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Taif is a city and governorate in Mecca Province in Saudi Arabia. Located at an elevation of 1,879 m (6,165 ft) in the slopes of the Hijaz Mountains, which themselves are part of the Sarat Mountains, the city has a population of 563,282 people in 2022, making it one of the most populous cities in the kingdom.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Al-Mukhtar

Pro-Alid Arab revolutionary (c.622–687)

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Ziyad ibn Abihi

arab Administrator, Governor and Statesman

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Al-Hurr ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Thaqafi

8th-century Umayyad governor of Al-Andalus

Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf

Umayyad governor and viceroy (c.661-714)

Abd al-Ilah

Regent and Crown Prince of Iraq (1913–1958)

Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud

Saudi Arabian former crown prince

Abu Mihjan

Arab poet and soldier (died c. 637)

Bandar bin Sultan

Saudi royal

Abu 'Ubayd ibn Mas'ud al-Thaqafi

Rashidun commander in Persia (died 634)

Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

member of the House of Saud (1931-2018)

Hani Hanjour

Saudi Arabian hijacker-pilot of American Airlines Flight 77

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Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily

Saudi athletics competitor

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Mughira ibn Shu'ba

Companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad

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Khalid ibn Abdullah

Saudi businessman and royal (1937–2021)

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Al-Harith ibn Kalada

Islamic scholar

Mukhlid Al-Otaibi

Saudi Arabian long-distance runner

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

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• Globočec
  2188.6 mi away · pop. 525
• Laz Stubički
  2188.7 mi away · pop. 267
• Jertovec
  2188.7 mi away · pop. 730
• Sušobreg Bistrički
  2188.7 mi away · pop. 81
• Vrbovo
  2188.9 mi away
• Sveti Matej
  2189.3 mi away · pop. 579
• Marija Bistrica
  2189.4 mi away · pop. 1,071

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

bitter tomato

Solanum incanum

Seen 2026-02-20

Arabian Cobra

Naja arabica

Seen 2026-02-07

Desert Nettle

Forsskaolea tenacissima

Seen 2026-02-05

Common Myna

Acridotheres tristis

Seen 2025-12-15

Domestic Cat

Felis catus

Seen 2025-11-24

Ashwagandha

Withania somnifera

Seen 2025-07-31

cowpen daisy

Verbesina encelioides

Seen 2025-07-31

Red Dwarf Honey Bee

Apis florea

Seen 2025-07-31

Leiurus haenggii

Leiurus haenggii

Seen 2025-07-11

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of At Ta'if, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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