Key facts
- Country
- Saudi Arabia
- Province
- Al-Jouf
- First settled
- 3rd-2nd millennium BC
- City
- 100 km (39 sq mi)
- Urban
- 475 km (183 sq mi)
- Metro
- 9,420 km (3,640 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 566 m (1,857 ft)
- Density
- 2,000/km (5,300/sq mi)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- big city
- Official name
- سكاكا
- Country
- Saudi Arabia
- Population
- 117063
- Area
- 100
- Elevation
- 566
- Capital of
- Al-Jowf Province
- Image
- ISS-64 Sakakah oasis city, Saudi Arabia.jpg
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- native label
- سكاكا
- twinned administrative body
- Sidi Bennour
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Encyclopedic overview
Sakākā, often spelled Sakakah (Arabic: سَكَاكَا) is a city in northwestern Saudi Arabia which is the capital of Al-Jawf Province. It is located at 650 metres (2,130 feet) above sea level just to the north of the An Nafud desert. Sakakah had a population of 204,174 at the 2022 census.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sakakah” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.