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Online Gazetteers

 * FamilySearch Places
 * World Gazetteers at Archive.org
 * Arabian Peninsula : official standard names approved by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names United States. Board on Geographic Names, FamilySearch International, 1961
 * Biggest Cities In Saudi Arabia at WorldAtlas
 * Biggest Industries In Saudi Arabia at WorldAtlas
 * Cities and towns in Saudi Arabia at Wikipedia
 * Demographics of Saudi Arabia at Wikipedia
 * Directory of Cities, Towns, and Regions in Saudi Arabia at FallingRain
 * Dictionary of Tribes in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
 * Facts and figures about Saudi Arabia at Places in the world
 * Gazetteer - Index of places Saudi Arabia at Places in the world
 * List of cities in Saudi Arabia by population at Population-Hub
 * List of Saudi Arabia Locations at GeoNames
 * Maps Of Saudi Arabia at WorldAtlas
 * Mountains in Saudi Arabia at Wikipedia
 * National Intelligence Survey Gazetteer for Saudi Arabia at CIA Reading Room
 * Outline of Saudi Arabia at Wikipedia
 * Religion in Saudi Arabia at Wikipedia
 * Religion In Saudi Arabia at WorldAtlas
 * Saudi Arabia - 10 Largest Cities at GeoNames
 * Saudi Arabia Cities Database at SimpleMaps
 * Saudi Arabia Factbook at CIA The World Factbook
 * Saudi Arabia: Regions, Governorates, Cities - Population Statistics at City Population
 * Schools in Saudi Arabia at Wikipedia
 * Tallest Mountains In Saudi Arabia at WorldAtlas
 * Universities and colleges in Saudi Arabia at Wikipedia
 * Wadis of Saudi Arabia at Wikipedia

Print Only Gazetteers

 * Gazetteer of Arabia : a geographical and tribal history of the Arabian Peninsula Sheila A. Scoville, Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, Graz, Austria, 1979
 * Saudi Arabia. Gazetteers and handbooks British Library Asia, Pacific & Africa Collections, IDC Publishers, Leiden, 2004
 * Saudi Arabia, official standard names approved by the United States Board on Geographic Names United States Board on Geographic Names, Defense Mapping Agency Topographic Center, Washington, D.C., 1978

Why Use Gazetteers
A gazetteer is a dictionary of place-names. Gazetteers list or describe towns and villages, parishes, states, populations, rivers and mountains, and other geographical features. They usually include only the names of places that existed at the time the gazetteer was published. Within a specific geographical area, the place-names are listed in alphabetical order, similar to a dictionary. You can use a gazetteer to locate the places where your family lived and to determine the civil and religious jurisdictions over those places.

There are many places within a country with similar or identical place-names. You will need to use a gazetteer to identify the specific town where your ancestor lived, the state the town was or is in, and the jurisdictions where records about the person was kept.

Gazetteer Contents
Gazetteers may also provide additional information about towns, such as:
 * Different religious denominations
 * Schools, colleges, and universities
 * Major manufacturers, canals, docks, and railroad stations
 * The population size.
 * Boundaries of civil jurisdiction.
 * Ecclesiastical jurisdiction(s)
 * Longitude and latitude.
 * Distances and direction from other from cities.
 * Schools, colleges, and universities.
 * Denominations and number of churches.
 * Historical and biographical information on some individuals (usually high-ranking or famous individuals)