Yanbu

Yanbu
فندق الموفنبيك بينبع الصناعية
Yanbu
Coordinates: 24°5′17.75″N 38°3′29.50″E / 24.0882639°N 38.0581944°E / 24.0882639; 38.0581944
Country	Saudi Arabia
Province	Al Madinah
Governorate	Yanbu
Established	491 BC
Government
• Provincial Governor	Faisal bin Salman
Area
• Metro	10,340 km2 (3,990 sq mi)
Population  (2022 census[1])
• City	331,916
• Metro	359,631 (Yanbu governorate)
Time zone	UTC+3
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3
Postal Code	(5 digits)
Area code	+966-14

Yanbu (Arabic: ينبع, romanized: Yanbu', lit. 'Spring'), also known simply as Yambu or Yenbo, is a city in the Al Madinah Province of western Saudi Arabia. It is approximately 300 kilometers northwest of Jeddah (at 24°05′N 38°00′E / 24.083°N 38.000°E / 24.083; 38.000). The population is 331,916 (2022 census). Many residents are foreign expatriates working in the oil refineries and petrochemical industry, mostly from Asia, but there are also large numbers from the Middle East, Europe, and North America.

Yanbu has three primary sections; Yanbu Al-Bahr, Yanbu Al-Nakhl and Yanbu Al-Sina'iya as well as a major Red Sea port.