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Ƴantacciyar ƙasa | Saudi Arebiya | |||
Province of Saudi Arabia (en) ![]() | yankin Makka | |||
Governorate of Saudi Arabia (en) ![]() | Jeddah Governorate (en) ![]() | |||
Babban birni | Jeddah | |||
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Yawan fili | 17.92 ha |
Al-Balad (Larabci: البلد) yanki ne na tarihi a Jeddah, birni na biyu mafi girma a Saudiyya. Ana iya fassara Balad a zahiri da "Garin."[1] Balad cibiyar tarihi ce ta birnin Jeddah.[2]
An kafa Al-Balad a karni na 7 kuma a tarihi ya zama cibiyar Jeddah.[3] An ruguje katangar tsaron Al-Balad a shekarun 1940. A cikin shekarun 1970 zuwa 1980, lokacin da Jeddah ta fara samun arziqi sakamakon habar man fetur, da dama daga cikin mutanen Jiddawi sun koma arewa, nesa da Al-Balad,[4] domin ya tuna musu da zamanin da ba su da wadata.[5] Al-Balad ba shi da isasshen filin ajiye motoci na manyan motoci. Shagunan sa ba su sayar da tufafi masu tsada masu tsada ba. Talakawa baƙi sun ƙaura a madadin al'ummar Saudiyya.[4] Gundumar Jeddah ta fara ƙoƙarin adana tarihi a cikin 1970s. A cikin 1991 Municipality na Jeddah ya kafa Jeddah Historical Preservation Society don adana tarihin gine-gine da al'adun Al-Balad. A cikin 2002, an ware dalar Amurka miliyan 4 don jama'ar kiyayewa.[5] A shekara ta 2009, Hukumar Kula da Yawon shakatawa da kayayyakin tarihi ta Saudiyya ta zabi Al-Balad don saka shi cikin jerin abubuwan tarihi na UNESCO, kuma an amince da shi a cikin 2014.[6]
Domin kiyaye tsoffin gine-ginen da ke cikin Al-Balad, an kafa Sashen Kiyaye Tarihi a cikin 1990, tare da fatan taimakawa wajen haɓaka yawon shakatawa na al'adu a cikin ƙasar. Yarima mai jiran gado na Saudiyya, Muhammad bin Salman, ya yi alkawarin dala miliyan 13.33 don dawo da tsohon birnin Jeddah saboda akwai gine-gine 56 da ke bukatar gyara cikin gaggawa.[7]
Yawancin Jeddawis sun ƙaura daga Al-Balad a shekara ta 2007; har yanzu titunan birnin Balad sun cika makil da jama'a a cikin watan Ramadan.[2] A wannan shekarar ne aka kafa kamfanin raya biranen Jeddah domin maido da Al-Balad.[8]