Tayma

Tayma (; Taymanitic: 𐪉𐪃𐪑, , vocalized as: ), also spelled Tema, is a Saudi city and governorate, in Tabuk Province, and major oasis with a long history of habitation.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Tayma Governorate
Settlement.settlement_type: City and Governorate
Settlement.image_skyline: Old town of Tayma 2020.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Old Town of Tayma
Settlement.image_map1: Tabuk Region - Tayma.svg
Settlement.map_caption1: Map Showing the Governorate’s Location within Tabuk Province
Settlement.pushpin_map: Saudi Arabia
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: right
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location of Tayma in Saudi Arabia
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Tabuk Province
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Hejaz
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Seat
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Tayma City
Settlement.government_type: Municipality
Settlement.governing_body: Tayma Municipality

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Wikidata facts

Official name: تيماء
Image: Old town of Tayma 2020.jpg
Households: 6280

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native label: تيماء
Commons category: Tayma
P8168: Kanyakumari

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Contents

History
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BC)
Iron Age (1200–500 BC)
Under Egyptian hegemony
Mesopotamian hegemony
Lihyanite hegemony
Biblical references
Classical and late antiquity
Islamic era
Climate
Archaeology
The Tayma stones
Economy
Points of interest
Population
See also
References
Sources
External links

Tayma (; Taymanitic: 𐪉𐪃𐪑, , vocalized as: ), also spelled Tema, is a Saudi city and governorate, in Tabuk Province, and major oasis with a long history of habitation.

It is located in northwestern Saudi Arabia at the point where the trade route between Medina and Dumah (Sakaka) begins to cross in the western portion of the Nafud desert. Tayma lies about southeast of Tabuk and approximately north of Medina.