Jazan Economic City

On November 2006, His Majesty, The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud, Officially launched Jazan Economic City (JEC) that envisioned to be one of the primary drivers of the Saudi economy as a fully integrated and self-contained city and globally competitive industrial economical hub. Jazan Economic City (JEC) is positioned to be one of the primary drivers for the Saudi economy development in general and the region of Jazan in particular. The new city is located 60 km northwest of Jizan City; one of Saudi's most important ports on the Red Sea, JEC is a state of the art integrated city that is geared to become an important logistics and industrial hub, a major destination for regional raw materials and an export platform for global consumer markets. As such, it's expected to attract more than SAR 100 billion in investment that is envisioned to create in its construction and operational phases up to 150,000 new job opportunities and an approximate of 300,000 people living within the city upon its completion. JEC is stretched on about 108 km2 of land area, where two thirds of the city total area are designed to for industrial and logistics zone along with the supporting infrastructures and main business enablers such as ; the industrial seaport and mega power plant located within the city, which will mainly facilitate for the development for the targeted primary and secondary industries clusters.