Saudi Arabia

V・T・E Saudi Arabia, Western Asia

latitude: 24.39, longitude: 45.4

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Saudi Arabia is a Country in Western Asia at latitude 24°23′24.00″ North, longitude 45°24′00.00″ East.

Tag Names and Naming convention

The official language in Saudi Arabia is Arabic. It is the default tag language so use: name=الرياض for default name. For english name use name:en=Riyadh. And also for arabic name use: name:ar=الرياض.

Administrative Boundaries

Open Tasks

• Tag:boundary=administrative has no entry with Saudi Arabia and has to be filled.

Import 2021

• Saudi Arabia/Admin Boundaries of Regions and Governorates Import

Organization of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

level	admin_level	english name	arabic name	elements	tag	ISO 3166-2	note / source
1	4	region / province / emirate	منطقة / Mintaqah	13	place=state	subdivisions	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regions_of_Saudi_Arabia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subdivisions_of_Saudi_Arabia mintaqah (sing.) manaţiq (plur.) http://www.statoids.com/usa.html
2	(5/6) for category A & B respectively	governorate (category A & B) / subdivisions	محافظة / Muhafazah	136	place=district		Governorate boundaries for Saudi Arabia added from maplibrary.org's ESRI shape file. Upgrade from originally 118 to 136 in 2012 قائمة محافظات السعودية categories A & B https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/ muhafazah https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhafazah
3	(7/8)	sub-governorate	مركز / Markaz / Marakiz	1347	place=county		summed 151 areas with centers according to NCAR ترميز المناطق والمحافظات والمراكز الإدارية انفوجرافيك دليل الخدمات 2017 Markaz https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markaz_(country_subdivision)
4	(7/8)	municipality	أمانة / بلدية		place=municipality
5	10	district / neighbourhood	حي		place=neighbourhood		Saudi National Address

Major places in Saudi Arabia

National capital

• Riyadh / Ar Riyah / SA.RI.RI

Administrative Regions and their places

by ISO 3166-2 code

ISO ID	province	mintaqah	arabic name	capital	other places
SA-01	Riyadh Province	Ar Riyāḑ	الرياض	Riyadh	Al Kharj, Majmaah, Shagra
SA-02	Makkah Province	Makkah al Mukarramah	مكة المكرمة	Makkah (Mecca)	Jiddah/Jeddah, Thuwal, King Abdullah Economic City
SA-03	Medina Province	Al Madīnah al Munawwarah	المدينة المنورة	Al Madīnah (Medina)	Yanbu, Al Aiss, Al Ula (11687827 11687827 / 11687823 11687823)
SA-04	Eastern Province	Ash Sharqīyah	الشرقية	Ad Dammām (Dammam)	As Safa, Al Ahsa (Al Hufuf), Dhahran, Jubail, Khobar (Al Khubar)
SA-05	Al Qassim Province	Al Qaşīm	القصيم	Buraydah	Al Qassim, Bakireya
SA-06	Hai´l Province	Ḩā'il	حايل	Ḩā'il (Hail) 11597855 11597855
SA-07	Tabuk Province	Tabūk	تبوك	Tabūk (Tabuk)
SA-08	Northern Border Province	Al Ḩudūd ash Shamālīyah	الحدود الشمالية	'Ar'ar (Arar )
SA-09	Jizan Province	Jāzān	جازان	Jāzān (Jizan)
SA-10	Najran Province	Najrān	نجران	Najrān (Najran)
SA-11	Al Baha Province	Al Bāḩah	الباحة	Al Bāḩah (Al-Baha)
SA-12	Al Jawf Province	Al Jawf	الجوف	Sakākā (Sakakah)
SA-14	Asir Province	'Asīr	عسير	Abhā (Abha)	Sabt Al Alaya 11687299 11687299, Khamis Mushayt

Populated settlements

Settlement	Local Name	Element	Description	Comments
place=city	مدينة كبيرة		A municipality having a population of at least 100,000 people. A governorate center which having a population at least 40,0000. A governorate center which having a port or airport. A municipality having a population of at least 40,000 and having a port or airport.	Like Riyadh, Jeddah ...
place=town	مدينة		A governorate center which is not a city. A district center. A municipality having a population of at least 5,000 people. A port or border checkpoint contains Customs authority.
place=village	قرية		A municipality having a population less then 5,000 people, larger than an hamlet, and with a significant infrastructure.
place=hamlet	هجرة / محلة		A rural community less than 100-200 inhabitants, few infrastructure except a public access road or path.
place=isolated_dwelling	محلة معزولة		A rural named place with a single inhabited building or farm, almost no infrastructure except a nearby road or a private access path.
place=locality	موضع		A named place that has no population.

Town / City

Sources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_and_towns_in_Saudi_Arabia
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Populated_places_in_Saudi_Arabia

Examples in Tagging

• Al Ula Municipality
  • amenity=townhall, townhall:type=town, office=government
  • relation to boundary and suburbs
• Emirate of Al Ula Governorate
  • amenity=townhall, townhall:type=district, office=government
  • relation

Village / Hamlet

https://www.stats.gov.sa/ar/97

Sources

• Hierarchical administrative subdivision codes (HASC) http://www.statoids.com/ysa.html

Adresses in Saudi Arabia

National Adresses / Postal Codes

Mapping

• Rules postal_code
• interactive map, ideal for referencing the numbers https://maps.address.gov.sa/

Sources

• https://www.sp.com.sa/en/national-address/
• Business account required https://api.address.gov.sa/

See Also: JOSM/Plugins/SaudiNationalAddress

• https://en.youbianku.com/Saudi_Arabia

Infrastructure

Airports

Military

Source

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_military_installations_in_Saudi_Arabia

Planned

Sabt Alalayah Airstrip in Asir Province at 30

Highway/Roads classification in Saudi Arabia

International

• Mashreq international road

National roads in Saudi Arabia (highway=primary*)

Highways with relations

Number	Type of highway	classification	Start	Stations	Destination	Direction	Relation	status
5	motorway/trunk	national	Haql (Jordan Border)		At-Tuwal (Yemen Border)	NW>SW	1157182711571827 Ring Road Jiddah 77300517730051	to merge all to one
10
15	motroway/trunk	national	Halat Ammar (Jordan Border)	Tabuk, Medina, Makkah, At Taif, Abha, Zahran, Najran	Sharurah (Yemen Border)	N>S	82770608277060	to go north
30	trunk / primary	provincial	Bishah		Sabt Al Alaya		1166305111663051
40	motorway	national	Jiddah	Makkah, Al Hawiyah, Riyadh	Ad Dammam (Persian Gulf)	W>E	1136601511366015	complete
50
60
65	motorway	national	(Jordan Border)	Riyadh	Al Kharj (10)	N>S	1158111111581111
66	motorway/trunk	national	Medina		Rafha (85)	W>E	1158095611580956
70	trunk/primary	Hail					1158121811581218
75
80	trunk	national	Duba (Westcoast 5)	Tabuk, Sakaka	Arar (Iraq Border)	W>E	1157182811571828
85	trunk	national	Al Qurayyat (Jordan Border 65)	Tarayf, Arar, Rafha, Hafar Al Batin	Nariyah (95)	N>E	82513428251342	complete
95
130
140
156
158
175
177
211
214
246
255
273
279
298
328	primary	provincial	Al Ula		Medina	N>S	1164704811647048	to go south
340
375	primary	provincial	Al-Hijr Arch Site	Al Ula	15		1162863811628638
389	primary	provincial	Hail		65	N>S	82886448288644
394	primary	provincial	الشرف (village at 5)		Bir Ibn Hirmas (15)	W>E	1158093511580935
400	primary		Hail		Buraydah		1158121111581211	complete
411	primary		Ar Rass		Albijadiyah	N>S	1418981614189816
413	trunk		Buraydah	Unaizah	50
414	primary		Al Batra	Ar Rass	Unaizah	W>E	82887708288770	complete
418			Buraydah					415?
419			Buraydah
425			Buraydah	Ring Road	Unaizah
427
430	primary		Medinah		411	W>E	82869438286943
505
506
522
535
565
612
613	motorway	provincial	Az Zahran (Dahran)	Ad Dammam	Al Jubail	N>S	33098003309800
615
4245	secondary	national	255		10	W>E	1166373011663730
4883	secondary		30		5397	W>E		to add
5044	secondary		Al Hareeq	الفرعة	10	NW>SE	88589208858920	complete
5223	tertiary		5874 (military)	military	5395	S>N
5395	secondary		505	5223	`Ajaj	N>S	1232569612325696	complete
5397	secondary		5395	Al Bakhra	4883	W>E		to add
5874	secondary		6006,5992		5223 (military)	S>N	88590688859068	go to N
5913	secondary		5397		6006	N>S		to add
5952	tertiary		5044		5044	NW>SE	1419592814195928	complete
5992	secondary		6006/5874		5952	SW>NE	1419592714195927	complete
6006	secondary		30		5864/5992	W>E	88590698859069	go to W
6009	tertiary		Sanam		southern	N>S	1419225214192252
6030	secondary		414	Dulay` Rashid	7700	NE>SW	1419343914193439	go to SW
6224	secondary		القبعيه		Al Kharma ash Shamaliyah	N>S	1419546514195465	go to N
6244	trunk		Unaizah		6224	NE>SW	1419546614195466	go to NE
6370	secondary		414 (Unaizah)		6376	SW>NE	1419587714195877
6376	primary		418		60		1419587814195878	complete
6409	secondary		Al Butayn		Buraydah	N>S
6421	primary		400		Didah	W>E
6510			Buraydah
6520	secondary		Ayn Ibn Fuhayd		418	N>S
6530	primary		Didah		Ayn Ibn Fuhayd	N>S
6750
7011			Buraydah		Ayn Ibn Furayd
7044	secondary		Al `Abdaliyah	7399, العبدلية	6224	NW>SE	1419546714195467	go to N
7046			Al Butayn		6530	SW>NE
7399			411 (Dukhnan)		(7044) الأحمدية	SW>NE	1419260614192606	complete
8650							1158111211581112
??	trunk	provincial	Tabuk		شرما (village at Westcoast 5)	NE>SW	1157182911571829
??			414	Qassim-Makkah Al-Mukarramah Expressway	Buqaya al Janubiyah	NE>SW	1419344014193440	find more parts
??	secondary		50	Ash Shara, 40, Ar Ruwaydah	Sanam	NW->SE	1419197314191973	complete
??	secondary		Rifa	Nabwan	50	S> N	1419197414191974	complete
??	secondary		secondary	Rifa, Al Fagarh, Al Wuday	50 Dawadmi airport	NW-SE	1419230614192306	complete
??	secondary		Oqlat Alghwairi		مصدة	NW>SE	1419230714192307	complete
??	primary		400 (Buraydah)	King Abdallah Ibn Abd Al Aziz Road	425 (Unaizah)	NW>SE	1419571114195711	complete

Expressways in Saudi Arabia (highway=motorway)

• Riyadh–Taif Highway, 752 km
• Makkah–Madinah Highway, 421 km
• Riyadh–Dammam Highway, 383 km
• Riyadh–Sudair–Al Qassim Highway, 317 km
• Makkah-Jeddah Highway, 60 km
• Dammam - Abu Hadriya - Ras Tanura Highway, 257 km
• Khaybar - Al Ola Highway, 175 km
• Taif - Abha-Gizan Highway (750 km)
• Dahran - Jubail Expressway (No. 613)

Education in Saudi Arabia

Universities and Colleges

by province

ID	city	Name of university	Relation	category	type	gender	supervision
3	Al Aiss	Technical College branch Al-Ayes	11686486 11686486	college part	branch		TVTC*
4	Al Dammam	Imam Abdul Rahman bin Faisal University (IAU)	11612366 11612366	university	national
1	Al Kharj	Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University (PSAU	11653730 11653730	university	national		Ministry of Higher Education Saudi Arabia
4	Al Hufuf	King Faisal University (KFU)	11611699 11611699	university	national
4	Al Hufuf	Technical Institute of Naval Studies		institute	military
	Al Wajh	Mondragon & Wintec College - Al Wajh Female College		college		female
3	Al Ula	Technical College branch	11686860 11686860	college	branch		TVTC
6	Ha'il	University of Hail	11581113 11581113	university
3	Madinah	Taibah University	11595749 11595749	university
3	Al Ula	Taibah University - College of Sciences and Arts	11687825 11687825	college part of upper univer´sity	part
3	Al Ola	AL-ULA Community College Female		college part of upper university	part	female
3	Madinah	Islamic University of Madinah	11595236 11595236	university
1	Riyadh	Alfaisal University		university
1	Riyadh	Al Imam Muhammad Ibn Suud University (IMISU)	11606156 11606156	university
1	Riyadh	Imam Muhammand Ibn Saud University, Girls College	part of	college part of upper university?		female	fix name
1	Riyadh	Al Yamamah Private University (YU)	11606469 11606469	university	private
1	Riyadh	Inaya Medical College	11606468 11606468	college
1	Riyadh	Institute of Public Administration		institute
1	Riyadh	King Fahd College		college
1	Riyadh	King Khalid Military Academy		academy	military
1	Riyadh	King Saud University (KSU)		university
3	Al Ula	KSU branch	11687826 11687826	part	branch
1	Riyadh	KSU New Community College		college part of upper university?
1	Riyadh	King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (KSAU)		university
1	Riyadh	Naif Arab University for Security Sciences		university
1	Riyadh	Prince Sultan University		university
1	Riyadh	Princess Nora bint Abdulrahman University	11606289 11606289	university
1	Riyadh	Princess Noura Bint Abdulrahman University for Girls	part of	college part of upper university?		female
1	Riyadh	Riyadh College of Dentistry & Pharmacy		college
1	Riyadh	Riyadh College of Technology (RCT)		college
1	Wadi Ad Dawasir	Unnamed	11663729 11663729	college			todo
7	Tabuk	Fahad Bin Sultan University (FBSU)	11635866 11635866	university
7	Tabuk	University of Tabuk	11604385 11604385	university
7	Tabuk	University of Tabuk 2				female
	Al Wajh	University of Tabuk - Branch in Al Wajh		branch of university	branch
14	Sabt Al-Alaya	University of Sabt Al-Alaya for Girls	11663270 11663270	university		female

Rules

• female instead of girls

Sources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_universities_and_colleges_in_Saudi_Arabia
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_technical_colleges_in_Saudi_Arabia
• TVTC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technical_and_Vocational_Training_Corporation https://unevoc.unesco.org/home/Explore+the+UNEVOC+Network/lang=en/centre=300

Economic Zones

Sustainable Cities & planned projects

• King Abdullah Economic City (no relation yet; see area near 5942779430 5942779430)
• NEOM 11644521 11644521
• Red Sea Project 11644727 11644727

These are just collections of ways included, not actual super-vast administrative areas as these are not yet on the ground.

Tourism and Heritage in Saudi Arabia

Rules from Key:heritage

International & Global

WHC (5)

heritage=1 + heritage:operator=whc + ref:whc=Nr

World Heritage Site

ref:whc	name of heritage site	province
1293	Al-Hijr Archaeological Site (Mada'in Salih)	8348299 8348299
1329	At-Turaif District in ad-Dir'iyah
1361	Historic Jeddah, the Gate to Makkah
1472	Rock Art in the Hail Region of Saudi Arabia
1563	Al-Ahsa Oasis, an Evolving Cultural Landscape

Sources

• World Heritage Center http://whc.unesco.org/en/interactive-map/

International Regional

Mada´in (Madain)

• https://madainproject.com/

Dadan Palace 11687297 11687297

Railway (1) Stations (X)

Stations of Hejaz Railway (قطار الحجاز) 1277794 1277794

ID	station name	arabic name	relation	access	historic speciality	QS_sat
	Damascus
	Musawwal	مصول		near 5 and real railway
	Abu Tarafah	أبو طرفة		near 5 and real railway
	Bir al Shediya	بئر الشيدية		near 5 and real railway
	Agabat al Hijaziya	عقبة الحجاز		near 5 and real railway
	Hitiyah	الحطية		near 5 and real railway		nothing
	Batn al Ghul	بطن الغول		near 5
				arch site in between
	Tall al Shahm	تلول الشحم		near 5
	Al Mudawwarah	المدورة		near 5 / first in JOR		evtl not because of bus station
				some lost buildings after border control
	Dhāt al Ḩājj	ذات الحاج		near 15 / last in SAU
	Al Hazm	الحزم		on 15
7	Al Muhtatab	المحتطب	11664346 11664346
7	Tabuk				Railway Park
7	Al Uthaylī	الأثيلي		on new road / quarry
7	Birk	برك		on new road / quarry
7	Al Awjarīyah	الأوجرية
7	Al Mustabaghah	المصطبغة	11679149 11679149	+ 3 sites on a peak	historic Tunnel 11679150 11679150
7	Al Akhdar	الأخضر	11679148 11679148	wall on a peak	Al-Ukhaydir (Al Akhdar) Fortress 11679147 11679147
7	Al Khamīs	الخميس
7	Al Asad	الأسعد
7	Qalat al Muazzam			more railway	castle ruins 11649783 11649783
7	Khashm Sana
7		المعظم				evtl arch sites
3	Ad Dar al Hamra	الدار الحمراء
3	Al Mutalla	المطلع
3	Abu Taqah	أبو طاقة
3	Al Mazham (Baraka Al-Naqa)	المزحم مبركة الناقة	11686858 11686858
3	Mada'in Saleh				Al-Hijr Archaeological Site
3	Al-Atheeb Wadi Al-Hashish	العذيب وادي الحشيش
3	Al Ula		11687824 11687824		Railway Park
3	Sahl al Matran	سهل مطران	11654855 11654855
3	Hadiyah	هدية	11683038 11683038	more railways	osmanic bridge 11683037 11683037
3	Jadaah	جداعة	11683036 11683036		castle ruins 11683035 11683035
3	Abu an Naam	أبو النعم	11654857 11654857		castle ruins 11682974 11682974
3	Istabl Antar	عنتر قطار الحجاز	11682943 11682943	old military runway	castle ruins 11682942 11682942
3	Al Buwayr	البوير	11682879 11682879		castle ruins 11682878 11682878
3	Al Anqa (Bir Nassif) (Zubaidiyah)	العنقاء بئر نصيف الزبيدية	11682650 11682650		castle ruins 11682651 11682651	three names?
3	Buwatah	بواطة	11682579 11682579		castle ruins 11682580 11682580
3	Hafirah	الحفيرة	11656169 11656169		castle ruins nearby
3	Muhit	محيط	11656171 11656171		castle ruins 11682779 11682779
3	Medina		11656224 11656224		Railway Park & Museum

often is the arch_site named: Hejaz Zug - Station name, e.g. محطة مخيط - قطار الحجاز

Station = Mahattat = محطة

National

heritage=2 + heritage:operator=sctnh based on information sign from operator Saudi Commission for Tourism & National Heritage (SCTNH), Ministry of Tourism

Castle / Fort / Fortress

by province

province ID	name	relation	usage
	Castle at Duba	11649835 11649835	active
	Castle in Al-Muwaylih northern of Duba	11649844 11649844
	Castle up the hill of Al-Ula	11649848 11649848

Source

• flosm.de "Kultur / Burg"
• wikipedia (19)
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Fortifications_in_Saudi_Arabia
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_castles_in_Saudi_Arabia
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Castles_in_Saudi_Arabia

Rocks

• Al-Bad'a - The Historical Midian 11650210 11650210

Old Towns

Al Ula 11687296 11687296

Arab Letters & Symbols

• Sword & Book in Haql 11646366 11646366

Bronze Age Burials

• Somewhere
• https://experiencealula.com/style%20library/portal/images/about-timeline-1.jpg

Security in Saudi Arabia

Border Control Stations

Northern physical border

Kuwait (KWT), Iraq (IRQ), Jordan (JOR)

from east to west in orthogonal view to the border

ID	ID	name	ISO	type	comment	entering	GNS:id
1		not set	SAU	station	coastline
2	SAU 6	Al Khafji Customs	SAU	official Border Control http://tkbcustoms.com/	Border Control through Highway 95	Kuwait
3	1	Al Nawasib مركز منفذ النويصيب الحدودي	KWT	official Border Control	Border Control through Highway 40
4		Markaz ar Rafiiyah	SAU	station
5	2	available no name	KWT	station	southeast or residential area
6		Markaz Rughwah	SAU	station
7	3	available no name	KWT	station	south of residential area
8		Markaz Arq	SAU	station
9	4	مركز شرطة رحية الحدودي	KWT	station	southwest of residential area
10	5	available no name	KWT	small Border Control
11		available no name	SAU	small Border Control
12		Markaz Hamma	SAU	station	oil field around, unclassified road	Kuwait
13	6	available no name	KWT	station
14		Markaz al Hamatiyat	SAU	no station visible
15	7	available no name	KWT	station	in the corner
16	8	مركز شرطة السور الحدودي	KWT?		misplaced node?
17		Markaz az Zabr	SAU	station			188891
18	9	مركز شرطة قرينيس الحدودي	KWT	station	3 communication towers
19		Markaz Hadba	SAU	station			missing
20	10	available no name	KWT	station	1 communication tower
21	11	مركز شرطة الرديفة	KWT	station	2 communication towers
22		available no name	SAU	station possible
23	12	مركز شرطة خبرة علي الحدودي	KWT	station
24		Markaz al Jibu	SAU	station			98300
25	13	مركز قلمة شايع الحدودي	KWT	station	4 communication towers
26	14	مركز شرطة المفرد الحدودي	KWT	station
27		Markaz al Musannah	SAU	station			98309
28	15	مركز قلمة صباح الحدودي	KWT	station + small Border Control	1 communication tower
29	16	مركز شرطة أم عمارة الحدودي	KWT	station
30		Markaz Umm Amarah	SAU	station			14527060
31	17	مركز شرطة النمرتين الحدودي	KWT	station
32	18	Al Salmi / السالمي	KWT	official Border Control	Border Control through Highway 70
33	SAU 5	Al-Raqi (Raqa') / الرقعي	SAU	official Border Control	Border Control through Highway 50
34	19	مركز شرطة السالمي الحدودي	KWT	station	1 communication tower
35		Military Checkpoint	SAU	station to SAU & IRQ	1 communication tower
36	20	available no name	KWT	station to SAU & IRQ	1 communication tower + helipad
37	21	available no name	KWT	station to SAU & IRQ	1 communication tower
38		available no name	SAU	station to IRQ & KWT	mosque
39		Makhfar Hudud Ibn Ghazwan	IRQ	station	pipeline
40		Makhfar Hudud al Qadisiyah	IRQ	station	highway 29
41		available no name	SAU	station
...
50		Markaz Umm al Hiran	SAU	station
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70	SAU 4	Arar	SAU	official Border Control	Border Control through Highway 80
71			IRQ	official Border Control	Border Control through Highway 22