Thuwal ( ar, ثُوَل) is a Hejazi village belonging to the governorate of Jeddah in the Makkah Province of

Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about , making it the fifth-largest country in Asia, the second-largest in the A ...

, north of Jeddah on the

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of the

Red Sea The Red Sea ( ar, البحر الأحمر - بحر القلزم, translit=Modern: al-Baḥr al-ʾAḥmar, Medieval: Baḥr al-Qulzum; or ; Coptic: ⲫⲓⲟⲙ ⲛ̀ϩⲁϩ ''Phiom Enhah'' or ⲫⲓⲟⲙ ⲛ̀ϣⲁⲣⲓ ''Phiom ǹšari''; ...

Overview

Thuwal had long been a fishing center until the Royal Saudi Navy reconstructed the village. Thuwal hosts the

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST; ar, جامعة الملك عبد الله للعلوم و التقنية ') is a private research university located in Thuwal, Saudi Arabia. Founded in 2009, the university provid ...

(KAUST), which officially opened in September 2009. The town is also experiencing an increase in business due to its proximity to the

King Abdullah Economic City King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC, ; ar, مدينة الملك عبد الله الاقتصادية) is a megaproject announced in 2005 by King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the former king of Saudi Arabia. It was one of six megaprojects that ...

. Thuwal attracts seafood lovers to its fish restaurants.

Transport

Thuwal is connected by Highway 60 to Rabigh and

Yanbu Yanbu ( ar, ينبع, lit=Spring, translit=Yanbu'), also known simply as Yambu or Yenbo, is a city in the Al Madinah Province of western Saudi Arabia. It is approximately 300 kilometers northwest of Jeddah (at ). The population is 222,360 (2 ...

KAUST university

Thuwal is the home of King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) (

Arabic Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C. E.Watson; Walter ...

: جامعة الملك عبد الله للعلوم و التقنية ''jāmiʿat al-malik ʿabd al-Lāh li-l-ʿulūm wa-t-teqniyya''), a private research university which was founded in 2009. The university provides research and graduate training programs in English as the official language of instruction.

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Overview

Transport

KAUST university

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