Jubail, Saudi Arabia

Jubail is a city in the Eastern province on the Persian Gulf coast of Saudi Arabia. Its full name is Madînat al Jubayl aṣ Ṣinâ`îyah (Jubail Industrial City). The Seventh Census Report for Jubail Industrial City, prepared in 2009, gives a resident population of 150,367. In 1975, Jubail was designated as a new industrial city by the Saudi government, and has seen rapid expansion and industrialization since. The industrial city is a complex of petrochemical plants, an iron works and a number of companies, plus a Royal Saudi Naval Base. It held the Middle East's largest and the world's 4th largest petrochemical company, SABIC. Jubail is home to the world's largest seawater desalination plant. It provides 50% of the country's drinking water through desalination of the water from the Persian Gulf.