Back ذا لاين Arabic Линията (Саудитска Арабия) Bulgarian দ্য লাইন, সৌদি আরব Bengali/Bangla The Line Catalan The Line (Saudi-Arabien) German The Line (Arabia Saudita) Spanish The Line Estonian The Line (hiri egitasmoa) Basque The Line (Arabie saoudite) French The Line HE
The Line
ذا لاين (Arabic) | |
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City | |
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| Coordinates: 28°06′00″N 35°18′00″E / 28.10000°N 35.30000°E | |
| Country |  Saudi Arabia |
| Province | Tabuk |
| City | Neom |
| Announced | 10 January 2021 |
| Founded by | Mohammed bin Salman |
| Government | |
| • Director | Nadhmi Al-Nasr[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 34 km2 (13 sq mi) |
| Dimensions | |
| • Length | 170 km (110 mi) |
| • Width | 0.2 km (0.1 mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+03 (Arabian Standard Time) |
| Website | www |
The Line (stylised THE LINE; Arabic: ذا لاين) is a linear smart city under construction in Saudi Arabia in Neom, Tabuk Province, which is designed to have no cars, streets or carbon emissions.[2][3]
The city is one of the nine announced regions of Neom and is a part of Saudi Vision 2030 project, which Saudi Arabia claims will create around 460,000 jobs and add an estimated $48 billion to the country's GDP.[2] The Line is planned to be the first development of a $500 billion project in Neom. As part of the construction process, thousands of people have been forcibly moved to make way for the project and villages have been razed.[4]
The original plans were for the city to be 170 kilometres (110 mi) long and accommodate a population of 9 million (25% of Saudi Arabia's 2022 population of 35.5 million) by 2030.[5] According to a 2024 Bloomberg report, this was later scaled down to a population of 300,000,[6] housed in 2.4 kilometres (1.5 mi) by 2030.[7] Saudi officials denied this claim and stated that the project was continuing as planned.[8]
- ^ "PROFILE: Who is Nadhmi al-Nasr, the new CEO of Saudi Arabia's NEOM?". Al Arabiya English. 3 July 2018. Archived from the original on 18 October 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- ^ a b Summers, Nick (11 January 2021). "Saudi Arabia is planning a 100-mile line of car-free smart communities". Engadget. Archived from the original on 12 January 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
- ^ "Top Global Oil Exporter Saudi Arabia Launches Car-free City". Barrons. 10 January 2021. Archived from the original on 11 January 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
- ^ "Neom: Forces 'told to kill' to clear land for eco-city". BBC News. 9 May 2024.
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- ^ Turak, Natasha (29 April 2024). "Saudi Arabia says all NEOM megaprojects will go ahead as planned despite reports of scaling back". CNBC. Retrieved 30 April 2024.