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[[File:ميناء الجبيل التجاري.jpg|thumb|Jubail commercial port]]
'''Jubail Governorate''' locally known as '''Jubail industrial''' ({{langx|ar|الجبيل}}, ''Al -Jubayl'') is a city and governorate in the [[Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia|Eastern province]] on the Persian Gulf coast of [[Saudi Arabia]], with a total population of 474,679 as of 2022. It is home to one of the largest industrial cities in the world. It is also home to the [[Middle East]]'s largest and world's fourth largest petrochemical company [[SABIC]]. It has the world's largest IWPP (Independent Water and Power Project) producing 2743.6 MW of electricity and 800,000 m<sup>3</sup> of water daily.
 
Jubail comprises the Old Town of Al Jubail (Jubail Balad), which was a small fishing village until 1975, and the Industrial Area. Jubail Industrial City is the largest [[civil engineering]] project in the world today. In 1975, the Saudi government designated Jubail as the site for new industrial city, with rapid expansion and [[industrialization]] arising. The new industrial and residential areas were named Madīnat al Jubayl aṣ Ṣinā`īyah (Jubail Industrial City). The 2005 Census Report for Jubail Industrial City estimates the population at 224,430 residents.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=World's Largest Industrial Areas |url=https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/world-s-largest-industrial-areas.html |access-date=2019-05-05 |website=WorldAtlas |language=en}}</ref>