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Al-Ula, also known as Dedan, is a city and oasis located in Medina Province, Saudi Arabia. The settlement sits at an elevation of 692 meters above sea level. Its official name is Al-Ula, and it is situated within the Medina Region.
The population of Al-Ula is 32,413. The area is classified as a residential zone. Current weather conditions in the location include a temperature of 29.49 degrees, humidity at 16 percent, pressure of 1011, and wind speed of 2.49.
Synthesized by Vinony from 29 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Openweathermap, OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Vinony graph, Geo. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
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Place details
- Region
- منطقة المدينة المنورة
- Country
- السعودية
- Population
- 32,413
- Timezone
- Asia/Riyadh
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- al-Ula
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City and Governorate
- Settlement.image_size
- 285
- Settlement.image_seal
- AlUla_Logo.svg
- Settlement.image_blank_emblem
- Al Ula Seal.svg
- Settlement.blank_emblem_type
- Wordmark
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- Settlement.image_map1
- Al Madinah Al Munawwarah - Al Ula.svg
- Settlement.map_caption1
- Location of al-Ula within Medina Province
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Saudi Arabia#Asia#World
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- left
- Settlement.pushpin_relief
- yes
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of al-Ula within Saudi Arabia
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Medina Province
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Hejaz
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- oasis
- Official name
- العلا
- Country
- Saudi Arabia
- Located in
- Medina Province
- Population
- 6605
- Elevation
- 692
- Image
- Al Ula old town, Saudi Arabia 2011.jpg
- Said to be same as
- Dedan
Show 4 more facts
- Commons category
- Al-'Ula
- native label
- العلا
- P8168
- Filino
- P12749
- passage Pommeraye
via Wikidata · CC0
Travel guide
Understand
Al-Ula is an ancient oasis town at the northern tip of the Hejaz, best known for its many Nabatean historical sites, most notably the UNESCO World Heritage site of Hegra (Madain Saleh), a rock-hewn city built by the same civilization as Jordan's Petra.
Long obscure, in 2017 the Saudi government set up a Royal Commission with the stated aim of turning Al-Ula into a world-class tourist attraction. Investment since has been fast and furious, with the airport now fielding direct international flights and a cluster of 10 luxury hotels springing up. Get there before the world finds out about it!
Get around
Uber and Careem are available. Don't count on being able to grab one at Al-Ula International Airport though.
See
Most visitors come to Al-Ula to see Hegra (Madain Saleh), 22 km away and covered in a separate article.
Eat
Most of the upper-class hotels in the region have their own exquisite in-house restaurants. Alternatively you can also look for rather tourist-oriented (and accordingly expensive) restaurants and cafés in the Old Town.
If you have your own means of transport or if you are staying there in the first place, you could visit the more local and cheaper restaurants in the New Town (2 km south of the Old Town), where all the regular locals go eat. There is a wide selection of Western-style fast food, Arabian-style rice dishes, Shawarma and Kebab, Yemeni cuisine and other restaurants.
Sleep
A cluster of 10 ultra-luxury hotels between the city and Hegra is in various stages of completion. Rates are very seasonal: during the winter peak you can expect to pay north of US$1000/night, but in midsummer the same hotel will go for $300.
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)