Project Master Plan

HEAVY INDUSTRIES, SECONDARY INDUSTRIES, HUMAN CAPITAL AND LIFESTYLE. The proposed city will provide a high-quality environment for key industries, technology exchanges, commerce and trade, employment opportunities, education and training, housing and a broad spectrum of socio-economic activities for a projected population of 300,000 people.

Heavy Industries

LOCAL ENERGY, WORLD CLASS INDUSTRIES

Nations rise only through economical and social development. Thus, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques made a strategic goal intellectually and vocally to establish economic cities that would attract highly competent nations to reach a new stage of mutual cooperation with the kingdom, a new stage of development based on economical and intellectual methodologies through the establishment of large-scale projects that would provide for well-being and high standard of living of the nation. Hence, His Majesty’s establishment of Jazan Economic City with more than SAR 100 Billion.

The Economic City will be equipped with state of the art components, through the development pioneer and intelligent infrastructure to provide beneficial services and opportunities for investors to increase their productivity and enhance their businesses. Also, such infrastructure will provide the necessary fundamental pillars for the heavy industries, which include:

POWER PLANT

The power and desalination plant is located next to the coastline on the south side, consisting of the main power plant, desalination plant, associated balance-of-plant, electrical substation, and fuel storage facilities.

WATER DESALINATION PLANT
The desalination plant will be capable of providing about 50,000 cubic meters of portable water per day to cater to the internal requirements of the economic city as well as to supply water to the distribution network.

INDUSTRIAL PORT
The industrial port shall provide an additional main terminal on the Red Sea’s coast as an additional benefit of its strategic location on Bab Almandab, and with a total space of 3.3 Million square meters, it shall be deemed one of the biggest ports in the region. This is beneficiary in increasing growth of the international navigational route on the Red Sea.

HEAVY INDUSTRIES
Throughout its strategic location along major significant commercial routes on the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean, Jazan Economic City focuses majorly on heavy industries that consume great amount of energy as well as on related transformable industries that are deemed to be of great significance to the Kingdom.

The industries that are intended to take place in the Economic City are:

ALUMINIUM SMELTER

REFINERY

IRON ORE COMPLEX

SHIP BUILDING

Secondary Industries

LOCAL MATERIALS, WORLD CLASS PRODUCTION

JEC’s masterplan provides convenient opportunities for industrial development, and for establishing and expanding new industries. Such basic heavy industries will also allow the flourishing of transformable industries, such as:

SILICON PROCESSING
Silicon processing is an ideal industry for Jazan as silicon can be found in abundance and it is a crucial raw material for technology industries.

TECH/AGRI-TECH PARK
The Tech-Park is focused on implementation and manufacture, drawing on research and development from a wide range of public and commercial sources.

TEXTILE INDUSTRY
Modern science has enabled the development of artificial textile fibers.

FOOD PROCESSING
Food is one of the five daily basic needs of the society. The Food Processing Scope is a main focus in the Economic City, in light of problems such as food contamination.

Human Capital

COMMERCIAL BUSINESS DISTRICT
An island strategically located at the heart of the development, the business district of the Jazan Economic City embodies the main arteries of the commercial businesses.

THE ISLAMIC CENTER
The Great Mosque represents one of the most beautiful sights in the city. Its distinct dome and sensational minaret as well as its directional and awareness facilities for the Holy Quran and Legislation Homes make it a focal point for religious and cultural communities in the region.