There are about 1300 islands within Saudi Arabia. 89% of these islands are located in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba, while the remaining 11% are in the Persian Gulf. The majority of these islands are located in Tabuk and Mecca provinces.
Only 4 of the 1,285 islands have an area of more than 50 km, 18 have an area between 10 and 50 km, 64 have an area between 1 and 10 km, while the remaining islands all have an area of less than 1 km. Only 6 out of the 1,285 islands—just 0.5%—are inhabited.
Jazan Province, also known as Jazan Region (Arabic: منطقة جازان, romanized: Minṭaqat Jāzān), is the second smallest province of Saudi Arabia after Al-Baha. It stretches approximately 300 km (190 mi) along the southern coast of the Red Sea, just north of the border with Yemen. Covering an area of 13,457 km, it had a population of 1,404,997 according to the 2022 census. The Province has the highest population density in the Kingdom.
The province includes over 200 islands in the Red Sea. One of the major developments in the province is the Jazan City for Primary and Downstream Industries, a large-scale project intended to contribute to the province’s economic development. The Farasan Islands, Saudi Arabia's first conservation protected area, are home to migratory birds from Europe during the winter.
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