Qurayyat, Saudi Arabia

Al-Hadithah border crossing is the largest and most important border crossing in Saudi Arabia. It is located 30 km west of the city of Qurayyat, and is one of the largest land crossings in the Middle East, linking to Jordan and indirectly to Syria, Lebanon and Turkey, both for people coming for Hajj and Umrah as well as for cargo export and import.

In Qurayyat, there is a desert climate. Most rain falls in the winter. The Köppen-Geiger climate classification is BWh. The average annual temperature in Qurayyat is {{convert|20.2|°C|1}}. About {{convert|42|mm|2|abbr=on}} of precipitation falls annually.

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| location = Gurayat Domestic Airport (1991–2020)

| Jan record high C = 26.2

| Feb record high C = 31.4

| Mar record high C = 37.5

| Apr record high C = 41.2

| May record high C = 44.0

| Jun record high C = 45.2

| Jul record high C = 49.0

| Aug record high C = 47.2

| Sep record high C = 45.4

| Oct record high C = 40.6

| Nov record high C = 33.6

| Dec record high C = 29.4

| year record high C = 49.0

| Jan high C = 16.0

| Feb high C = 18.6

| Mar high C = 23.2

| Apr high C = 28.7

| May high C = 33.8

| Jun high C = 37.3

| Jul high C = 39.2

| Aug high C = 39.0

| Sep high C = 36.2

| Oct high C = 31.2

| Nov high C = 23.2

| Dec high C = 17.7

| year high C = 28.7

| Jan mean C = 8.5

| Feb mean C = 10.8

| Mar mean C = 14.9

| Apr mean C = 19.8

| May mean C = 24.7

| Jun mean C = 27.9

| Jul mean C = 29.7

| Aug mean C = 29.5

| Sep mean C = 27.0

| Oct mean C = 22.3

| Nov mean C = 14.9

| Dec mean C = 10.0

| year mean C = 20.0

| Jan low C = 2.2

| Feb low C = 3.9

| Mar low C = 7.3

| Apr low C = 11.4

| May low C = 15.9

| Jun low C = 18.7

| Jul low C = 20.6

| Aug low C = 20.7

| Sep low C = 18.6

| Oct low C = 14.5

| Nov low C = 8.0

| Dec low C = 3.5

| year low C = 12.1

| Jan record low C = -9.0

| Feb record low C = -5.0

| Mar record low C = -2.0

| Apr record low C = 0.0

| May record low C = 7.4

| Jun record low C = 12.0

| Jul record low C = 14.8

| Aug record low C = 14.8

| Sep record low C = 10.4

| Oct record low C = 5.2

| Nov record low C = -5.8

| Dec record low C = -5.2

| year record low C = -9.0

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| Jan precipitation mm = 9.6

| Feb precipitation mm = 6.3

| Mar precipitation mm = 7.5

| Apr precipitation mm = 4.7

| May precipitation mm = 2.6

| Jun precipitation mm = 0.3

| Jul precipitation mm = 0.0

| Aug precipitation mm = 0.0

| Sep precipitation mm = 0.1

| Oct precipitation mm = 4.3

| Nov precipitation mm = 3.9

| Dec precipitation mm = 8.0

| year precipitation mm = 47.3

| unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm

| Jan precipitation days = 2.0

| Feb precipitation days = 1.5

| Mar precipitation days = 1.3

| Apr precipitation days = 0.6

| May precipitation days = 0.5

| Jun precipitation days = 0.1

| Jul precipitation days = 0.0

| Aug precipitation days = 0.0

| Sep precipitation days = 0.1

| Oct precipitation days = 0.8

| Nov precipitation days = 0.8

| Dec precipitation days = 1.3

| year precipitation days = 8.9

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|title = World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991-2020 — Guriat

|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

|access-date = February 6, 2024}}

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• Grazing: due to natural pastures along the Wadi Sirhan at all times of the year.
• Industry: based on agricultural products such as olive oil - and canning salt and olive extract.
• Trade: border area direct land trade.
• Agriculture: olive cultivation and some crops suited to the quality of the soil

There are two main albeit small hospitals in Gurayat: Gurayat General Hospital and King Faisal Hospital.

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 (A & E) 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 (clean and dirty), 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{{when|date=December 2012}} 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.

The city has a domestic airport (IATA: URY, ICAO: OEGT) about 10 km from the center. It operates by Saudia to Riyadh and Jeddah. The nearest airport is Turaif Domestic Airport.

Other transport include the main bus facilities[http://www.saptco.com.sa/default.asp SAPTCO] and other Syrian and Jordanian buses.

There is also a railway station operated by Saudi Arabia Railways (SAR), connecting Qurayyat with Riyadh.

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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.[https://web.archive.org/web/20140903102539/http://www.ans.gov.sa/SAUDI-AIP/2014-08-21-AIRAC/html/eAIP/OE-ENR-5.4-en-SA.html]

There are many Arabic schools in Gurayat. The only English IGCSE school is in Sakakah.[http://www.aljoufinternationalschools.com/ Al Jouf international school] The nearest university is Al Jouf University.

Al Qurayyat's most important tourist destination point is Kaf castle. It is located in the Kaf village next to the Mount Saidi castle from the east, which is a historic mansion built in 1338 AH by Sheikh Nawaf al-Shaalan before area subject of Saudi rule, a warship shape castle built of white sedimentary limestone with architectural 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.

• Mount Saidi Castle: located to the north-west of Kaf castle.

{{Reflist}}

• [http://www.aljoufinternationalschools.com Al Jouf School]
• [http://saptco.com.sa SAPTCO]
• [http://www.ju.edu.sa/Pages/default.aspx Al Jouf University]

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Category:Populated places in Al-Jawf Province