Ha'il
Hail is a city in north-western Saudi Arabia, located between the Shammar Mountains of Aja and Salma.

Hail is a city in north-western Saudi Arabia, located between the Shammar Mountains of Aja and Salma. It is the seat and largest city of Hail Province. As of 2022, Hail has a population of 498,575.
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Worth seeing in and around Ha'il
3 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Shammar Mountains
The Shammar Mountains is a mountain range in the northwestern Saudi Arabian province of Ha'il. It includes the Ajā and Salma subranges.
8.4 km · mountain range in Saudi Arabia · Wikipedia - 02Prince Abdulaziz bin Musa'ed Sports City
The Prince Abdulaziz bin Musaed Sports City Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium located in Hail City. It is primarily used for football matches and serves as the home stadium for both Al-Jabalain and Al-Tai.
2 km · Saudi Arabian football stadium · Wikipedia - 03Qishlah
Al-Qishlah Palace is a historic mudbrick fortress and former military barracks in Ha'il, Saudi Arabia. Commissioned by King Abdulaziz in 1941, it was completed within approximately eighteen months in the Najdi architectural style.
1.1 km · palace in Saudi Arabia · Wikipedia
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Getting to Ha'il
- Airports
- Hail (HAS), 9 km · Prince Naif bin Abdulaziz (ELQ), 247 km · Al-Jawf (AJF), 296 km
- Stations
- Ha'il Regional Airport, 8.6 km
- Qassim → Ha'il229 km · quickest by road, 4h 29m · SAR90–120
- Al-Jawf → Ha'il1270 km · quickest by road, 33h 50m · $165–225
- Al-Ula → Ha'il385 km · quickest by road, 6h 35m · SAR115–155
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No local-transport research exists yet for Ha'il
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Ha'il. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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