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Thuwal (Mecca, Saudi Arabia)

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Geographic headingThuwal (Mecca, Saudi Arabia)
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Geographic subdivision usageSaudi Arabia--Thuwal (Mecca)
Variant(s)Thawl (Mecca, Saudi Arabia)
Thuwwal (Mecca, Saudi Arabia)
Tūwal (Mecca, Saudi Arabia)
Found inWork cat.: Ḥarbī, Saʻd ibn Jabr al-Jaḥdalī. Thuwal al-daʻījīyah, 2007 or 2008: p. 4 of cover (Thuwwal [part. voc.])
GEOnet, via www, 11 July 2014: (Thuwal, ppl; 22° 16' 58" N, 039° 06' 45" E; in province of Mecca; variants: Tūwal; 1 other place listed for Saudi Arabia with name Thuwal)
Wikipedia, via www, 11 July 2014: (Thuwal (Arabic: ثول ) is a village belonging to the governorate of Jeddah in the Makkah Province of Saudi Arabia 80 kilometers north of Jeddah on the coast of the Red Sea. Thuwal had long been a fishing center until the Royal Saudi Navy re-constructed the village. The King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, which officially opened in September 2009, is located in Thuwal)
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