Jizan is a city and the capital of Jazan Province in the southwest corner of Saudi Arabia, situated on the coast of the Red Sea. The city itself had a population of 173,919 as of 2022, while the wider Jizan region held over 1.4 million people, and it serves a large agricultural heartland noted for high-quality mangoes, figs, papayas, plums and coffee. As the regional capital, Jizan has its own regional airport and seaport, and it is the site of one of the kingdom's largest megaprojects, including Saudi Aramco's Jazan Refinery with associated Red Sea terminal facilities.
Facts
Elevation (m) Latitude16.889167 degrees north 2 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Jizan (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationInfobox, populationQuote, Infobox, population
173,919
2. Jizan (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 16.889167, longitude 42.561111
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 40 m
- In Group: Cities of Western Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
View the Source3. GeoNames: Jizan - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 105299
16.88917 42.55111 P PPLA SA 17 105198 19 Asia/Riyadh
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 19 m
View the Source 4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 16.75, 42.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 16.75, 42.75
16.75 42.75 BWh
Wikidata: Jizan
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