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Highway 40 (Arabic: الطريق السريع ٤٠) is a major east–west six-lane controlled-access highway in Saudi Arabia, spanning 1,395 km (867 mi).The highway connects Jeddah, the second-largest city in the kingdom, on the western coast of Saudi Arabia to Dammam, the sixth-largest city on the eastern coast and the largest in the Eastern Province.
Capital and largest city Jeddah: 3,751,917: Largest city of Mecca ... Map showing the major cities in Saudi Arabia. ... (2022) [2] Diriyah: Capital of the First Saudi ...
Transport in Saudi Arabia is facilitated through a relatively young system of roads, railways and seaways.Most of the network started construction after the discovery of oil in the Eastern Province in 1952, with the notable exception of Highway 40, which was built to connect the capital Riyadh to the economically productive Eastern Province, and later to the Islamic holy city of Mecca and the ...
Version 2.0 of Google Maps Mobile was announced at the end of 2007, with a stand out My Location feature to find the user's location using the cell towers, without needing GPS. [198] [199] [200] In September 2008, Google Maps was released for and preloaded on Google's own new platform Android. [201] [202]
It is one of Jeddah's oldest markets, located in the heart of the city's historic centre, Al Balad. The market is on a narrow street with historic buildings and old-style restaurants and shops that sell goods, ranging from spices and household needs to perfumes and jewellery. [citation needed] It is marked as "Qabel Trail" on Google Maps.
The city had an estimated population of 180,352 in 2014 [3] and is situated at an elevation of 13 m (43 ft) above sea level, [4] close to the border with the Madinah Province. The city dates back to the era before the advent of Islam in the 7th century C.E. , and up to the 17th century, was known as Al-Juhfah , or Al-Johfah ( Arabic ...
Google Maps Navigation is a mobile application developed by Google for the Android and iOS operating systems that later integrated into the Google Maps mobile app. The application uses an Internet connection to a GPS navigation system to provide turn-by-turn voice-guided instructions on how to arrive at a given destination. [1]
Aerial view with old South Terminal, the new Terminal 1 can be seen in the background. King Abdulaziz International Airport [a] (IATA: JED, ICAO: OEJN, colloquially referred to as Jeddah Airport, Jeddah International Airport, or KAIA), is a major international airport serving the cities of Jeddah and Mecca in Saudi Arabia, located 19 kilometres (12 mi) north of Jeddah and covering an area of ...