Al Qadimah

Al Qadimah (Arabic: القضيمة) is a village in Makkah Province, on the western coast of Saudi Arabia.
It is 94 kilometers north of Jeddah. Along with Thual, it hosts the new economic city project, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST).
Al Qadimah's coast faces several islands which belong to King Fahd's private properties.