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Tabuk (????; also spelled Tabouk) is the capital city of the Tabuk province
Tabuk Province

Tabuk is a provinces of Saudi Arabia of Saudi Arabia, located along the north-west coast of the country, facing Egypt across the Red Sea. It has an area of 108,000 km? and a population of 560,200 ....
 in north western Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, KSA , is an Arab country and the largest country of the Arabian Peninsula. It is bordered by Jordan on the northwest, Iraq on the north and northeast, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates on the east, Oman on the southeast, and Yemen on the south....
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Tabuk (????; also spelled Tabouk) is the capital city of the Tabuk province
Tabuk Province

Tabuk is a provinces of Saudi Arabia of Saudi Arabia, located along the north-west coast of the country, facing Egypt across the Red Sea. It has an area of 108,000 km? and a population of 560,200 ....
 in north western Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, KSA , is an Arab country and the largest country of the Arabian Peninsula. It is bordered by Jordan on the northwest, Iraq on the north and northeast, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates on the east, Oman on the southeast, and Yemen on the south....
. It has a population of 441,351 (2004 census).

History

Around Tabuk, the Battle of Tabouk
Battle of Tabouk

The Battle of Tabouk was a military expedition said to have been led by Muhammed in October, AD 630. According to Muslim biographies, Muhammed led a force of as many as 30,000 north to Tabouk in present-day northwestern Saudi Arabia, with the intention of engaging the Byzantine Empire army....
 took place in the time of Prophet Muhammad
Muhammad

Muhammad Patronymic#Arabic Abd Allah ibn Abd al Muttalib , is the founder of the Major religious groups of Islam and is regarded by Muslims as a Rasul and prophet of , the last and the greatest law-bearer in a series of prophets....
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Around 500 BC, Tabuk town (then known as Taboo) was, together with Al Ola, the capital of the prosperous Al Ayaneyean.

Monuments include the historic mosque, the Tabuk fortress and a railway station dating back to the Ottoman empire
Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire , also known by its contemporaries as the Turkish Empire or Turkey , was an empire that lasted from 1299?1923. It was Treaty of Lausanne by the Republic of Turkey, which was officially proclaimed on October 29, 1923....
. In the Tabuk region, a number of important archeological sites can be found, including Al Bidaa.

Geography and Climate

Desertous continental weather with hot summers and mild winters. Temperature in the summers are between 80-114°F (27-46°C) while in winter between 39-64°F (4-18°C) with wide spread frosts freezes common with temperatures reaching low 20s °F (-6°C) in some winters. Rainfall in Tabuk Area falls in the winter months from November to March and precipitation ranges between 2 - 6 inches ( 50 - 150 mm) with some not uncommon snow every 3-4 years.

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