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Sulţānah

Medina Region · Saudi Arabia
City population
946,697
#6
in Saudi Arabia
#2
in Medina Region
#586
worldwide
RiyadhSulţānah
24.493, 39.586 · 722 km from Riyadh
City population
946,697
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Saudi Arabia
#6
of 96 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#586
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Saudi Arabia
2.6%
of the national population

About Sulţānah

Saudi Arabia's sixth-largest city, Sulţānah holds 946,697 residents and accounts for 2.6% of the national population. It lies 722 km from Riyadh and sits 4 km from Madinah, which at 1,300,000 is more than a third larger. The next nearest substantial settlement, Yanbu, stands 161 km away.

This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.

Position in Saudi Arabia
#6of 96
LargestSmallest
Position in Medina Region
#2of 6
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Saudi Arabia
Region
Medina Region
Rank in region
#2of 6
Distance to capital
722 km
to Riyadh
Elevation
597 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Riyadh
Coordinates
24.493, 39.586
Record updated
2012-01-16
Entry edited, not measured

City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.

Nearby Cities

All 96 in Saudi Arabia

Closest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.

4KMMadinah1.3M people113KMBadr Ḩunayn27K people161KMYanbu200K people172KMMahd adh Dhahab20K people197KMRābigh73K people

Compared with the World's Largest Cities

City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.

  1. Shanghai24.9M
  2. Beijing19M
  3. Shenzhen17.5M
  4. Guangzhou16.1M
  5. Kinshasa16M
  6. Istanbul15.7M
  7. Lagos15.4M
  8. Ho Chi Minh City14M
  9. Chengdu13.6M
  10. Lahore13M
  11. Mumbai12.7M
  12. São Paulo12.4M
  13. Mexico City12.3M
  14. Karachi11.6M
  15. Tianjin11.1M
  16. Sulţānah947K
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Sulţānah compared with the fifteen largest cities
NameCity population
Shanghai24.9M
Beijing19M
Shenzhen17.5M
Guangzhou16.1M
Kinshasa16M
Istanbul15.7M
Lagos15.4M
Ho Chi Minh City14M
Chengdu13.6M
Lahore13M
Mumbai12.7M
São Paulo12.4M
Mexico City12.3M
Karachi11.6M
Tianjin11.1M
Sulţānah947K

Sulţānah Population FAQ

What is the population of Sulţānah?

Sulţānah has a city population of 946,697. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Sulţānah?

Sulţānah is in Medina Region, Saudi Arabia, 722 km from the capital, Riyadh. Its coordinates are 24.493, 39.586.

How big is Sulţānah compared with other cities in Saudi Arabia?

It is the 6th largest of the 96 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Saudi Arabia, holding 2.6% of the national population.

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