Qurayyat is a city located in Al Jawf Province, in northern Saudi Arabia. It is from border of Jordan. Qurayyat had a population of 147,550 at the 2010 Census. It is a small city with a very big market. Qurayyat is known for its olives and salt.
Al-Hadithah border port
Al-Hadithah Port is the largest and most important ports in the Kingdom and the Middle East and is located west of the province Qurayyat kilometers, and is the one of the largest ports in the Middle East. It is of great significance, as it is a link to the neighbouring countries in the Kingdom such as Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and Turkey. It is of importance to people coming for Hajj and Umrah from Turkey, Russia and other nationalities, as well as for cargo export and supply.
Gurayat General Hospital is 350-bed secondary referral center with a catchment area of almost 400 km area with referrals from seven district general hospitals, each comprising 50 beds, and many primary health centres. It has almost all branches of surgery, namely, general surgery with minimal access surgical facilities, neurosurgery, urology, paediatric surgery, orthopaedics, ENT, maxillo-facial, ophthalmology. There is a very busy accident & emergency department, led by a general surgeon, two specialists and 14 residents, having fully equipped resuscitation room, with 5 beds, triage areas, observation rooms, cubicles, plaster and minor surgery procedure rooms, Ob ER, pediatric ER. The total number of beds in ER is 27. This hospital receives emergency referrals for general surgery, neurosurgery, pediatric surgery, urology and other specialties on daily basis. As the number of population is increased in this area, so is the number of attendants in A & E with last year being just above 100,000. A & E is just next to fully equipped radiology department, having two emergency X-rays for male and female patients, with emergency facilities for two helical CT scans, and MRI, portable US, covered by radiologists on call. A & E is backed up by 20 bed fully equipped ICU, with a resident and specialist on duty round the clock, and PICU, NICU. We have a separate burn unit where major burns are treated.
Other transport include the main bus facilities There is a new proposed railway facility going under construction, the Saudi Railway to link Qurayyat, Saudi Arabia and Riyadh.
Buildings and structures
At 31.585774 N 37.900386 E there is a 468 metres high guyed radio mast. Close to this, at 31.583635 N 37.903883 E, there is a 458 metres high guyed radio mast.
Schools
There are many Arabic schools in Gurayat. The only English IGCSE school is in Sakakah. The nearest university is Al Jouf University.
Tourism
Al Qurayyat's most important tourist destination point is Ka'af castle. It is located in the Ka'af village next to the castle Mountain Saidi from the east, which is a historic mansion built in 1338 AH by Sheikh Nawaf al-Shaalan before subject area of Saudi rule, a castle warship shape built of stone sedimentary limestone white witharchitectural style unique to the rocky area, and consists of a number of rooms for residential use and other management and some ammunition stores, with four towers at each corner is a square shape.
Archaeological sites
Castle Mountain Saidi: located to the north-west of Ka'af castle.
