Location

The city of Yanbu is situated in the Madina region of Saudi Arabia. In other words, it is about 220 kilometers away from the holy city of Madina Munawwara. As you know most parts of Saudi Arabia have desert. But the great thing about Yanbu is, it is situated on the bay of the Red Sea. It has beaches also.

Climatic conditions

Usually the temperature here is around 40 degrees in the day but in the evening the breezes from the bay area makes it moderate. It is really far better than other parts of Saudi Arabia and this you can say is the best feature of this city.

In winter the temperature usually goes from 25 to 32 in the daytime where night is always colder than this.

Language

The local language here is Arabic like in other parts of Saudi Arabia or the Middle East. English is also spoken and written in this part, due to foreign visitors and residents.

People behavior

There is no big difference in the behavior of the people of Yanbu and people belonging to other parts of Saudi Arabia. They share almost the same culture. Their hospitality is famous among the foreigners who visit here for the purpose of business as well as tourism.

Population

The population of Yanbu is around 40,000. This city is divided into two different parts.

1. Yanbu downtown or Yanbu Al Baher

2. Yanbu Industrial City or Yanbu Al Saniya

Occupation

Because Yanbu is on the bay of the Red Sea, you can easily guess the main occupation of Yanbuwi (natives of Yanbu) is fishing.