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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

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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
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.
  • muhafazah https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhafazah
3 (7/8) sub-governorate مركز / Markaz / Marakiz 1347 place=county
4 (7/8) municipality أمانة / بلدية place=municipality
5 10 district / neighbourhood حي place=neighbourhood

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 /  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
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, 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

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

Adresses in Saudi Arabia

National Adresses / Postal Codes

Mapping

Sources

See Also: JOSM/Plugins/SaudiNationalAddress

Infrastructure

Airports

Domestic

International

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

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 11571827 Ring Road Jiddah

7730051 

 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 8277060  to go north
30 trunk / primary provincial Bishah Sabt Al Alaya 11663051 
40 motorway national Jiddah Makkah, Al Hawiyah, Riyadh Ad Dammam

(Persian Gulf)

 W>E 11366015  complete
50
60
65 motorway national (Jordan Border) Riyadh Al Kharj (10) N>S 11581111 
66 motorway/trunk national Medina Rafha (85) W>E 11580956 
70 trunk/primary Hail 11581218 
75
80 trunk national Duba

(Westcoast 5)

 Tabuk, Sakaka Arar

(Iraq Border)

 W>E 11571828 
85 trunk national Al Qurayyat

(Jordan Border 65)

 Tarayf, Arar, Rafha, Hafar Al Batin Nariyah (95) N>E 8251342  complete
95
130
140
156
158
175
177
211
214
246
255
273
279
298
328 primary provincial Al Ula Medina N>S 11647048  to go south
340
375 primary provincial Al-Hijr Arch Site Al Ula 15 11628638 
389 primary provincial Hail 65 N>S 8288644 
394 primary provincial الشرف

(village at 5)

 Bir Ibn Hirmas (15) W>E 11580935 
400 primary Hail Buraydah 11581211  complete
411 primary Ar Rass Albijadiyah N>S 14189816 
413 trunk Buraydah Unaizah 50
414 primary Al Batra Ar Rass Unaizah W>E 8288770  complete
418 Buraydah 415?
419 Buraydah
425 Buraydah Ring Road Unaizah
427
430 primary Medinah 411 W>E 8286943 
505
506
522
535
565
612
613 motorway provincial Az Zahran (Dahran) Ad Dammam Al Jubail N>S 3309800 
615
4245 secondary national 255 10 W>E 11663730 
4883 secondary 30 5397 W>E to add
5044 secondary Al Hareeq الفرعة 10 NW>SE 8858920  complete
5223 tertiary 5874 (military) military 5395 S>N
5395 secondary 505 5223 `Ajaj N>S 12325696  complete
5397 secondary 5395 Al Bakhra 4883 W>E to add
5874 secondary 6006,5992 5223 (military) S>N 8859068  go to N
5913 secondary 5397 6006 N>S to add
5952 tertiary 5044 5044 NW>SE 14195928  complete
5992 secondary 6006/5874 5952 SW>NE 14195927  complete
6006 secondary 30 5864/5992 W>E 8859069  go to W
6009 tertiary Sanam southern N>S 14192252 
6030 secondary 414 Dulay` Rashid 7700 NE>SW 14193439  go to SW
6224 secondary القبعيه Al Kharma ash Shamaliyah N>S 14195465  go to N
6244 trunk Unaizah 6224 NE>SW 14195466  go to NE
6370 secondary 414 (Unaizah) 6376 SW>NE 14195877 
6376 primary 418 60 14195878  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 14195467  go to N
7046 Al Butayn 6530 SW>NE
7399 411 (Dukhnan) (7044) الأحمدية SW>NE 14192606  complete
8650 11581112 
?? trunk provincial Tabuk شرما

(village at Westcoast 5)

 NE>SW 11571829 
?? 414 Qassim-Makkah Al-Mukarramah Expressway Buqaya al Janubiyah NE>SW 14193440  find more parts
?? secondary 50 Ash Shara, 40, Ar Ruwaydah Sanam NW->SE 14191973  complete
?? secondary Rifa Nabwan 50 S> N 14191974  complete
?? secondary secondary Rifa, Al Fagarh, Al Wuday 50 Dawadmi airport NW-SE 14192306  complete
?? secondary Oqlat Alghwairi مصدة NW>SE 14192307  complete
?? primary 400 (Buraydah) King Abdallah Ibn Abd Al Aziz Road 425 (Unaizah) NW>SE 14195711  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)

Railways

    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 college part branch TVTC*
    4 Al Dammam Imam Abdul Rahman bin Faisal University (IAU)  11612366 university national
    1 Al Kharj Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University (PSAU  11653730 university national Ministry of Higher Education Saudi Arabia
    4 Al Hufuf King Faisal University (KFU)  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 college branch TVTC
    6 Ha'il University of Hail  11581113 university
    3 Madinah Taibah University  11595749 university
    3 Al Ula Taibah University - College of Sciences and Arts  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 university
    1 Riyadh Alfaisal University university
    1 Riyadh Al Imam Muhammad Ibn Suud University (IMISU)  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 university private
    1 Riyadh Inaya Medical College  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 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 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 college todo
    7 Tabuk Fahad Bin Sultan University (FBSU)  11635866 university
    7 Tabuk University of Tabuk  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 university female

    Rules

    • female instead of girls

    Sources

    Economic Zones

    Sustainable Cities & planned projects

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

    International Regional

    Mada´in (Madain)

    Dadan Palace  11687297

    Railway (1) Stations (X)

    Stations of Hejaz Railway (قطار الحجاز)  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
    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 + 3 sites on a peak historic Tunnel  11679150
    7 Al Akhdar الأخضر  11679148 wall on a peak Al-Ukhaydir (Al Akhdar) Fortress  11679147
    7 Al Khamīs الخميس
    7 Al Asad الأسعد
    7 Qalat al Muazzam more railway castle ruins  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
    3 Mada'in Saleh Al-Hijr Archaeological Site
    3 Al-Atheeb

    Wadi Al-Hashish

    		 العذيب

    وادي الحشيش
    3 Al Ula  11687824 Railway Park
    3 Sahl al Matran سهل مطران  11654855
    3 Hadiyah هدية  11683038 more railways osmanic bridge  11683037
    3 Jadaah جداعة  11683036 castle ruins  11683035
    3 Abu an Naam أبو النعم  11654857 castle ruins  11682974
    3 Istabl Antar عنتر قطار الحجاز  11682943 old military runway castle ruins  11682942
    3 Al Buwayr البوير  11682879 castle ruins  11682878
    3 Al Anqa

    (Bir Nassif)

    (Zubaidiyah)

    		 العنقاء

    بئر نصيف

    الزبيدية

    		  11682650 castle ruins  11682651 three names?
    3 Buwatah بواطة  11682579 castle ruins  11682580
    3 Hafirah الحفيرة  11656169 castle ruins nearby
    3 Muhit محيط  11656171 castle ruins  11682779
    3 Medina  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 active
    Castle in Al-Muwaylih northern of Duba  11649844
    Castle up the hill of Al-Ula  11649848

    Source

    Rocks

    • Al-Bad'a - The Historical Midian  11650210

    Old Towns

    Al Ula  11687296

    Arab Letters & Symbols

    Bronze Age Burials


    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
    ...
    70 SAU 4 Arar SAU official Border Control Border Control through Highway 80
    71 IRQ official Border Control Border Control through Highway 22


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