Thuwal

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Thuwal

Total population

17,792

Elevation1 m

Coordinates22.28°, 39.11°

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

City facts

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Overview

Thuwal is a coastal village in Jeddah Governorate, Makkah Province, Saudi Arabia, situated along the coast of Red Sea in the Hejaz region. Thuwal is 30 kilometres (19 mi) south of King Abdullah Economic City and 80 kilometres (50 mi) north of Jeddah.

Geography

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

Nearby places in Makkah

• Rosen
  1540.4 mi away · pop. 1,524
• Pomorie
  1550.2 mi away · pop. 13,919
• Emona
  1552.6 mi away · pop. 17
• Ravda
  1553.3 mi away · pop. 2,849
• Orizare
  1561.1 mi away · pop. 1,625
• Rudina
  1571.6 mi away · pop. 234
• Rojden
  1572.4 mi away · pop. 457
• Valchin
  1578.2 mi away · pop. 396
• Kosten
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• Lulyakovo
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• Laz Stubički
  2084.5 mi away · pop. 267
• Sveti Matej
  2085.1 mi away · pop. 579

Browse all places in Makkah →

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

Common Hoopoe

Upupa epops

Seen 2026-09-20

Steinitz's Shrimpgoby

Amblyeleotris steinitzi

Seen 2026-09-18

Diamond Trevally

Scyris indica

Seen 2026-09-17

Black-winged Stilt

Himantopus himantopus

Seen 2026-09-13

Ptarmus gallus

Ptarmus gallus

Seen 2026-09-12

Ringed Sap-sucking Slug

Plakobranchus ocellatus

Seen 2026-09-12

Jewelled Blenny

Salarias fasciatus

Seen 2026-09-12

European Roller

Coracias garrulus

Seen 2026-09-10

Blue Dragon

Pteraeolidia semperi

Seen 2026-09-10

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