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Name | Jubail |
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Other name | الجبيل |
Pushpin map | Saudi Arabia |
Coordinates region | SA |
Subdivision type | Country |
Subdivision name | |
Subdivision type1 | Province |
Subdivision name1 | Eastern Province |
Population as of | 2009 |
Population total | 150,367 |
Timezone | AST |
Utc offset | +3 |
Postal code | 31961 |
In 1975, Jubail was designated as a site for a new industrial city by the Saudi government, and has seen rapid expansion and industrialization since. The new Industrial City and residential areas were named Madīnat al Jubayl aṣ Ṣinā`īyah (Jubail Industrial City). The Seventh Census Report for Jubail Industrial City, prepared in 2009, gives a resident population of 150,367.
The industrial city is the largest industrial complex of its kind in the world and consists of petrochemical plants,fertilizer plants, steel works, industrial port and a huge number support industries. There is also the Royal Saudi Naval Base plus a separate Commercial Port and Military Air Base. It holds the Middle East's largest and the world's 4th largest petrochemical company, SABIC. Jubail is home to the world's largest seawater desalination plant, MARAFIQ. It provides 50% of the country's drinking water through desalination of seawater from the Persian Gulf.
Rebuilt by "Albuainain" tribe during late 19th century early 20th century used to live in Jubail centuries ago before the tribe moved to Qatar in the 13th century.
In September 1933, Jubail gained a measure of fame as the landing site for the first team of geologists to explore for oil in Saudi Arabia.
Bechtel began work on the Jubail Industrial City project more than 30 years ago and is still working in Jubail now. It also stands as one of the greatest achievements of Bechtel, its employees, and families who worked and lived there. Bechtel has managed the Jubail project since it began in the mid-1970s, and in 2004, the Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu asked the company to manage Jubail II, a $3.8 billion expansion of the city’s industrial and residential areas.
Jubail is a complete city, with all the industry, infrastructure, housing, shopping, educational and medical facilities required to support its present population of around 150,000 people. Saudi Arabian Bechtel Company (SABCO) performs ongoing engineering, procurement and construction management. Jubail II will add a second industrial area to house up to 22 new primary industries. The project calls for the expansion of King Fahd Industrial Port, pipeline refurbishment, increasing capacity of the cooling system, and new desalination plants.Today, the former stretch of sand dunes and salt flats north of Old Jubail is called Jubail Industrial City, Saudi Arabia’s biggest industrial centre, host to more than 160 industrial enterprises and home to around 150,000 full-time residents.
In 2011, a new Holiday Inn is to be opened.
Category:Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia Category:Populated places in Saudi Arabia Category:Port cities and towns in Saudi Arabia Category:Port cities and towns of the Persian Gulf
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