Al Wajh
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Al Wajh is a coastal town in northwestern Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...

, on the coast of the Red Sea
Red Sea
The Red Sea is a seawater inlet of the Indian Ocean, lying between Africa and Asia. The connection to the ocean is in the south through the Bab el Mandeb strait and the Gulf of Aden. In the north, there is the Sinai Peninsula, the Gulf of Aqaba, and the Gulf of Suez...

. It is located in Tabuk Province.

Al Wajh is a comparatively small town whose citizens are mainly of Al Belawi, Al Huety, Al johani and Al Harby tribes and work on fishing.  It has close links with the city of Tabuk through a road.  The port is mainly used for fishing.The port used to be one of the main ports in the region 50 years ago. Most of families there are well educated such as Al-Bedaiwi, Al-Ali, Al-Ghabban and Sahely family where they original come from Bader state early 1250 H  

The city is served by Al Wajh Domestic Airport
Al Wajh Domestic Airport
Al Wajh Domestic Airport is an airport in Al Wajh, Saudi Arabia .-Airlines and destinations:...

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History

Lawrence of Arabia
T. E. Lawrence
Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Edward Lawrence, CB, DSO , known professionally as T. E. Lawrence, was a British Army officer renowned especially for his liaison role during the Arab Revolt against Ottoman Turkish rule of 1916–18...

 captured in January 1917 Al Wajh. The port town halfway to Aqaba
Aqaba
Aqaba is a coastal city in the far south of Jordan, the capital of Aqaba Governorate at the head of the Gulf of Aqaba. Aqaba is strategically important to Jordan as it is the country's only seaport. Aqaba is best known today as a diving and beach resort, but industrial activity remains important...

 came in a crucial importance - it was a turning point in the campaign against the Ottomans under Cemal Pasha
Ahmed Djemal
Djemal Pasha or Ahmed Djemal , was a Young Turk and member of the Three Pashas. Ahmed Djemal was also Mayor of Istanbul.- Biography :...

. Lawrence had expand on his arrival the town to the main base for Faisal I
Faisal I of Iraq
Faisal bin Hussein bin Ali al-Hashemi, was for a short time King of the Arab Kingdom of Syria or Greater Syria in 1920, and was King of the Kingdom of Iraq from 23 August 1921 to 1933...

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And when government jobs are a source of livelihood left many of the Bedouin way of life is hard and went to live in cities. The province of facial port is used by the British Navy from using it and get off it and there are a laboratory for water desalination, which is the first of its kind in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and also include the Airport internal and passes by the coast line of international linking the northern kingdom to its south and contribute to the passage of Alhjajaj of the States challenge Saudi Arabia from the north such as Syria and Jordan as well as land pilgrims from Egypt and North Evriviaotrkiya and others, which contributed to the prosperity of the region economically and residential and includes face also the old town and the castle dating back to the era of the Ottomans and the castle Alzerib famous, which was a station for pilgrims and the point of the security elements at the beginning of the Saudi Crown and Castle Prince of the face in the Ottoman Empire and the old houses and Zalah Kmahe There is also a mosque inside the border guards in Mouna nearly 250 years and still, and also for adjusting the ancient mosque was built after the old mosque was nearly 140 years. The beginning point of the Hijaz: There were different views about the name as a starting point, the land of Hijaz for those coming from Africa, Morocco and Egypt by land and sea, and their names Alon or Alush or screen or Bandar face or Port Hassan in Arabic dictionaries, it has several meanings which means a little water, as well as come the sense of fresh water effluent and also comes in the sense manholes Valley and perhaps the presence of water on the surface of the earth at a place called Castle Alzerib supports this view and this was Manhal one of the main highlights on the pilgrimage route in the Abbasid and Fatimid and after a year 667 AH / 1268 AD has become a source substance to the water, and may be Face name came from the Hijaz in the sense that the first point see and download them coming by land and by sea from Africa, Morocco, and some sources indicate that the name is derived from the face of confrontation and intended to meet the pilgrims rode on his way back from the Hijaz to Egypt.Cultural heritage and represents the cultural heritage of the province face a wealth witness to the sophistication architect who was known population of the province and famous for its streets and the names of alleys and old known face tanks, one of the months the effects of the face which is a rectangular building with openings substrate allow the entry of rain water to collect inside the building and used to drink when you water shortages and the length of the tank about 60 m long and 20 meters deep and up to 12 meters and there is little that the number of tanks of 20 tankers. The number of remaining wells in the valley Alzerib 17 wells divided into two sections, including one of eleven well located around the castle Alzerib the oldest The wells remaining six were dug at the end of the Ottoman era and is located near the mouth of the valley Alzerib and now known wells and Wadi Al Sail, and the most important wells Section I: MUILHA, well-denominated South, Architecture, Beer, Beer Business, Beer Pressed, a well sweep, Tadlawi Beer, Beer Coupler, Beer and Castle. The most important wells Section II: which is located in Wadi Al Sail For Hadaj them well, well Mansheya, well the teacher, well naqee'ah, Bur-Sanusi. There are in the province face citadels, as well as mosques and ancient life of up to each other more than 200 years has been identified face the existence of the oldest court in the first primary school in 1333 AH / 1914 AD, and comes second municipality after the municipality of Mecca was established in 1324 AH / 1906 AD. Lighthouse Marine For marine and lighthouse, which was established in the port of facial guide ships in 1292 AH / 1875 AD on the south side of it has played a major role in the past, visited the face of many travelers and orientalists and wrote in their books. Education started in the province face the past, where she founded the first regular school in 1333 AH / 1914 AD and was called the school charity in the first established and then the school princely in 1344 AH / 1925 AD and after the unification of the Kingdom called the school Arabia is still known by that name to this day. Ktatib and English education was in the face before 1333 AH / 1914 AD are in Koranic schools, which employs one teacher, including a book, Sheikh Saeed Sheikh from 1295 AH / 1878 AD to the year 1300 AH / 1882 AD and book by Sheikh Mohamed Ahmed Issa al-Faqih of 1300 AH / 1882 AD to 1340 AH / 1921 AD and then established a school included a number of students named the school face charity and appointed by Sheikh Mohamed Ahmed Arab director has an experienced and science and language was English taught in this school at its founding until the year 1340 AH / 1921 AD and then came after him, Sheikh Ragheb Kabbani, Muhammad Ali copper, which later became certified to teach in Al Ahsa, and then came Sheikh Mustafa Osman Algosbani Shali and then God have mercy on them all. In 1373 AH / 1953 AD, the year which was founded and formerly the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Education is currently appointed Professor Mustafa Hussein Bedaiwi director of this school Which is one of its students and graduates which has contacted the Ministry to develop a knowledge of the school seal bears the date its founding in 1333 AH / 1914 AD this has been done, and then came after him, Sheikh Abdel Hamid Bedaiwi. After the stability of the country issued the King Abdul Aziz ordered the deployment of education across all the kingdom, which prompted the sons of the desert to enrollment, he presented a children villages hit-and-Abu Kazzaz and disease to the province of the face and enrolled in school at that time and issued a royal decree that opens them to a restaurant of their own because they came from the desert the meals provided at the expense of the State and the number was 28 students. In the field of tourism is the province of the face of the most important places of tourism in the region of Tabuk as embraced by the sea the waves and beaches dreamy and enjoyment of many of the islands located in the vicinity of the coast, is the enamel face of the most parts the Red Sea purity and beauty, making it a popular tourist attraction especially for amateur diving and discover the depth and researchers for fishing, particularly lobster (lobster), which is characterized by the province of the face from the others. Face and her long history, which emphasizes its historical significance, and was one of the main stations of Hajj pilgrims to Egypt and the Levant and the Arab Maghreb countries and the many beautiful beaches and tourist waiting for investment to attract capital and expertise to invest in multiple areas of development and promising. The investment experience of development in the province of the face is not easy for the student and researcher hasty flip its historical roots by successive civilizations of human multiple experiences stare stopped in traffic. The investment of the real wealth of this province and of the capacity of children through multiple paths based on future plans and monitoring of priorities, where was the incentive Building and promoter of the race towards the employment of all forms of support to achieve the aspirations and ambitions, and continues to march past with the help of God and thanks to the generous support of the Custodian the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz and his Crown Prince, may God protect them, and follow-up, Governor of Tabuk. Nobility and gentle and stands face the old port and the town witnesses to the civilization of this sleepy town, and carrying a noble descent and always allow renewal. - Castle of the face, one of the ancient castles dating back to 1376 AH. / 1957 AD where it has taken a strategic position in the protection of the town when the building and supervised at the same time on the port as well as the Old Market. - Corniche Corniche country is the town's old wharf narrow view of ten meters and extends two kilometers and rises from the beach and the concrete seats and the wall of a small rise. The beach and Gulf of stimulation Hoiz of the most beautiful beaches in the face and the largest with an area of ​​3.5 kg square meters along the six km range in which the natural environment and virgin beach extends one kilometer away from the face 60 kilometers to the north. - Beach sidewalk extends three kilometers deep and graded away from the face 60 km north and is characterized by the diversity of the nature of the land between the sandy beaches and rocky.- Gulf Coast Antar length of three kilometers away from the face of 45 km north graded depth and is surrounded by hills and the mangroves. Loral region and the mountainous region consists of granite rocks along the coastal plains, located to the east of the face and the normal life of animals, especially deer fever which citizens and their presence on over 200 years. - Oasis appeared and is located at a distance of 100 kilometers to the east of the face and the archaeological site is of much Islamic pottery and porcelain, which is due to centuries Islamists III and IV. - Park Corniche area estimated at 3500 square meters, a coastal strip extending tourist facility good for county residents, visitors and the many services. - Park Ostensive an estimated area of ​​2000 square meters and a lot of services and the point of a search and rescue, one of the beautiful beaches that lure visitors, tourism. - South Beach gift the face and the area seven kilometers paved the way earthy and sandy beach graded depths to a distance of five kilometers and an estimated area of ​​2.5 square kilometers and is good for swimming and was frequented by many. - Castle Alzerib, which was built in 1026 AH / 1617 AD in the reign of Sultan Ahmed I on the road to the Egyptian pilgrimage to be a bulwark to protect convoys of pilgrims and materials Echtznnounaa collateral during their return from the Holy Land and is now one of the most enduring impact in the northwestern part of the Kingdom built of stone Boutrazha architectural features with four towers and the entrance is located in the western part where the water pools to store a series of forts to protect the pilgrims.

Market heritage lies the old market on the lip of the North Port down the plateau, which is located by the face of modern province, has seen the old market of the movement of a huge business, where he was passed by pilgrims coming from neighboring areas, which explains the prosperity of the face for centuries without many other cities.
And there about ten villages are big and lots of the youngest of the village
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