Sakakah
سَكَاكَا | |
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![]() Sakakah seen from the International Space Station | |
Coordinates: 29°58′11″N 040°12′00″E / 29.96972°N 40.20000°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Province | Al-Jouf |
First settled | 3rd-2nd millennium BC |
Area | |
• City | 100 km2 (40 sq mi) |
• Urban | 475 km2 (183 sq mi) |
• Metro | 9,420 km2 (3,640 sq mi) |
Elevation | 566 m (1,857 ft) |
Population (2022 census[1]) | |
• City | 204,174 |
• Density | 2,000/km2 (5,300/sq mi) |
• Urban | 241,669(Sakakah governorate) |
• Metro | 296,010 |
Sakākā, often spelled Sakakah (Arabic: سَكَاكَا) is a city in northwestern Saudi Arabia which is the capital of Al-Jawf Province.[2] It is located just to the north of the An Nafud desert. Sakakah had a population of 204,174 at the 2022 census.[3]