Demographic Analysis of the Makkah Province for the Purpose of Evaluating the Balance of the Urban System

Derbali, Amani; Farhi, Abdallah

doi:10.2478/quageo-2022-0019

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Map of the regional administrative division of Saudi Arabia.Source: Makkah Province municipality 2015.

Map of the Makkah Province.Source: Ministry of Interior, Makkah Province municipality 2015.

Geographic distribution of Makkah population.Source: General Authority for Statistics (GaStat), 2015.

Concentration of the population around Haram.Source: Makkah Region Development Authority 2015.

The curve of demographic constants of urban centres of the Makkah Province.

Zoom shot of level 1 of the curve.Source: authors 2016.

Zoom shot of level 2 of the curve.Source: authors 2016.

Zoom shot of level 6 of the curve.Source: authors 2016.

Zoom shot of level 7 of the curve.Source: authors 2016.

Curve resulting from applying Zipf’s law for the Makkah Province.Source: authors 2017.

The gap between the levels of Groups 1 and 2 of the hierarchical distribution of centres.Source: authors 2017.

Diagram representing the real hierarchical distribution of cities and urban areas with their ranks in the Makkah Province.Source: Ledraa 2016.

Diagram of the theoretical hierarchical distribution of cities and urban areas with their ranks in the Makkah Province.Source: Ledraa 2016.

Classification of urban centres and their corresponding demographic constants_

Governorate	Population	Rank	µ	Governorate	Population	Rank	µ	Governorate	Population	Rank	µ
Jeddah	3,955,839	1	1	Madrakah	7,705	45	11.40915	Al-Rayan	2,026	89	21.93861
Makkah	1,547,843	2	1.277855	Al-mahani	7,581	46	11.34369	Al-kafif	2,026	90	21.69485
Al-taef	883,870	3	1.491863	Al-Barza	7,400	47	11.37389	Al-SSour	2,020	91	21.52018
Al-Bahra	80,307	4	12.31474	Thaguif	7,363	48	11.19290	AbuMarwa	1,941	92	22.15263
Rabigh	63,147	5	12.52898	Kinanah	7,160	49	11.27534	AlGou’our	1,908	93	22.29345
Al-gouz	54,090	6	12.18906	Al-DhabyawaAl		50	11.27984	AlBaydha’a	1,720	94	24.46709
Al-joumoum	49,340	7	11.45358	SouqAl-Ain	6,898	51	11.24463	Al-faysalia	1,712	95	24.32267
AlAradhiyyaNord	48,638	8	10.16653	Dhoulam	6,860	52	11.08948	Baniamir	1,692	96	24.35382
Almidhilif	43,039	9	10.21254	AbuRakah	6,825	53	10.93604	Al-Khalidiyya	1,646	97	24.77633
Raneyah	39,596	10	9.990502	Al-Ghareef	6,233	54	11.75297	Faydhatalmislah	1,608	98	25.10305
Al-Khurmah	38,303	11	9.388866	Houda-alsham	6,175	55	11.64767	Saaiya	1,583	99	25.24193
AlAradhiyyaSud	37,930	12	8.691095	Al-saadiyah	6,140	56	11.50488	Al-Oulba	1,575	100	25.11644
Turbah	37,318	13	8.154116	Al-shaiba	6,100	57	11.37716	Maran	1,547	101	25.31786
Hala	34,135	14	8.277719	Ainshams	5,855	58	11.64887	Al-ouwila	1,474	102	26.31122
Khaliss	32,236	15	8.180996	Wadygadid	5,757	59	11.64636	Al-farii	1,328	103	28.92033
Al-Kunfudah	27,465	16	9.00200	Albijidi	5,706	60	11.55462	Al-Alawa	1,299	104	29.28169
Al-chawagh	24,372	17	9.547695	Al-Amlah	5,649	61	11.47988	Alghafa	1,219	105	30.9062
Adham	23,845	18	9.216558	OumAl-Rakah	5,574	62	11.44669	Chi’ir	1,141	106	32.70748
Ahadbanizayd	21,806	19	9.547925	Joudhoum	5,178	63	12.12652	Al-Raghiya	1,039	107	35.58273
Al-layth	20,997	20	9.42001	Al-abawaa	5,159	64	11.98100	Al-Gawama	1,016	108	36.05132
Thoul	20,528	21	9.176407	Baniiyaziid	5,108	65	11.91446	Dhaleem	885	109	41.00802
Al-sadira	19,381	22	9.277688	HafrKashab	4,916	66	12.19222	Al-Awali	883	110	40.72726
Mayssan	18,329	23	9.383654	Al-hafayer	4,873	67	12.11623	Al-fawara	882	111	40.40611
Jaaranah	17,539	24	9.397721	Al-madhik	4,826	68	12.05431	Khedan	807	112	43.76703
Kayaa	16,692	25	9.479605	OumAl-Jourm	4,279	69	13.39822	Khamiss Harb	800	113	43.75928
Al-hada	16,406	26	9.273903	Al-Ghareefaltar		70	13.58788	Al-Oussla	776	114	44.71694
Al-Jaiza	15,931	27	9.196695	Thoulathaaalkh		71	13.80819	Al-Hounou	716	115	48.04274
Ghamighah	15,083	28	9.366834	Yalamlam	3,960	72	13.87430	Al-zimah	675	116	50.52157
Achira	14,460	29	9.433488	Hegual	3,938	73	13.76068	Al-Meziraa	658	117	51.38387
Afssan	14,349	30	9.189581	Rehat	3,864	74	13.83470	Al-Raknah	640	118	52.38134
Al-gadhima	14,149	31	9.01885	Chagssan	3,565	75	14.7951	Al-Ruwilia	466	119	71.3355
BaniiSaad	13,625	32	9.073025	Wadyal-kouwar	3,293	76	15.80641	Al-Nasaef	445	120	74.07938
Sabtaljarah	12,990	33	9.228169	Al-newibaa	3,285	77	15.63913	Al-matarifah	441	121	74.13352
HadadBaniMalek	12,850	34	9.054335	Radhwan	3,234	78	15.68209	Al-wid	397	122	81.67484
Doughah	12,763	35	8.855596	Al-atif	3,079	79	16.26304	Hachach	363	123	88.5986
Al-kamel	12,124	36	9.06338	Al-Hachraj	3,039	80	16.27114	Hida	322	124	99.07431
AlGariibenMalek	10,107	37	10.57827	WadyDaguag	2,945	81	16.58320	Al-Rafayaa	320	125	98.89598
Hijr	10,064	38	10.3439	Setara	2,891	82	16.68694	Al-Zarban	271	126	115.8507
Al-MoyahalJadidah	9,777	39	10.37453	Al-Irguin	2,739	83	17.40077	Al-michaan	249	127	125.0937
Al-saylalkabir	9,713	40	10.18182	Al-Murguiban	2,685	84	17.53941	Al-Sahm	212	128	145.7783
UmmAl-Doum	9,440	41	10.22075	Al-sharaa	2,512	85	18.52678	Mashashal-Taref	189	129	162.2509
Al-chafa	9,259	42	10.17244	AlIfiriya	2,332	86	19.72475	Al-Khadiraa	19	130	1601.554
Mastoura	8,815	43	10.43633	Dhaghija	2,173	87	20.92472	Warcha	12	131	2516.437
Majmaaaltourough	7,861	44	11.4369	Al-Mahra	2,092	88	21.48791

Urban growth of Makkah city between 1990 and 2030_

Year	Area (km²)	Difference (km²)	Difference (%)	Annual growth (%)
1990	80.012
2010	158.583	78.571	98	4.9
2030	690.007	531.424	335	16.8

Demographic plethora evaluation of the three first centres of Makkah’s urban system_

Urban centre	Real population	Population according to Zipf’s law	Overpopulation
Djeddah	3,955,839	830,000	3,125,839
Makkah	1,547,843	415,000	1,132,843
Al-Taef	883,870	276,666	607,203

Population distribution (Saudi/non-Saudi)_

Percentage of population	Jeddah	Makkah	Rest of centres
Saudi	42.002	20.79	37.21
Non-Saudi	61.710	25.82	12.41

Demographic Analysis of the Makkah Province for the Purpose of Evaluating the Balance of the Urban System

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Classification of urban centres and their corresponding demographic constants_

Urban growth of Makkah city between 1990 and 2030_

Demographic plethora evaluation of the three first centres of Makkah’s urban system_

Population distribution (Saudi/non-Saudi)_

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