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Jeddah Corniche at night. The Jeddah Corniche, also known as the Jeddah Waterfront (JW), is a 30 km coastal resort area of the city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.Located along the Red Sea, the corniche features a coastal road, recreation areas, pavilions and large-scale civic sculptures as well as King Fahd's Fountain, the highest fountain in the world.
In September 2023, Jeddah Central Development Company launched Jeddah Central, a $20 billion project to develop central Jeddah. The project spans over an area of 5.7 km 2 and includes 4 main landmarks, which are: a stadium, museum, oceanarium and opera house. [6] The stadium is expected to host both 2027 AFC Asian Cup and 2034 FIFA World Cup. [7]
The areas proposed for the Jeddah Central project are allegedly being cleared by the authorities without fair compensation for its residents. In June 2022, Amnesty International reported that "the demolitions affect more than 558,000 residents" and that they verified 20 neighborhoods being demolished using satellite imagery and videos.
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Waterfront areas that have been or are being redeveloped for recreational, cultural, touristic, residential or post-industrial commercial use. Harbours that have been refurbished or modernized and are still primarily working ports should not be added to this category.
Jeddah (English: / ˈ dʒ ɛ d ə / JED-ə), alternatively transliterated as Jedda, Jiddah or Jidda (/ ˈ dʒ ɪ d ə / JID-ə; Arabic: جِدَّة , romanized: Jidda, Hejazi Arabic pronunciation: [ˈ(d)ʒɪd.da]), is the largest city in Mecca Province, Saudi Arabia, and the country's second largest city after Riyadh, located along the Red Sea coast in the Hejaz region.
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