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Location of Jeddah on a map. Jeddah is a city found in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. It is located 21.54 latitude and 39.20 longitude and it is situated at elevation 21 meters above sea level. Jeddah has a population of 2,867,446 making it the biggest city in Makkah. It operates on the AST time zone.
Historically, Jeddah has been well known for its legendary money changers. The largest of said money changers at the time (the late Sheikh Salem Bin Mahfouz) eventually founded Saudi Arabia's first bank, the National Commercial Bank (NCB).ing Fahd's Fountain was built in the 1980s, can be seen from a great distance and, at 312 metres (1,024 ft), is the highest water jet in the world according to the Guinness World Records. The fountain was donated to the City of Jeddah by the late King Fahd bin Abdul Aziz, after whom it was named.