Type : Public
Category : Industrial cities
Head Office : Riyadh
Country : Saudi Arabia
Website : www.modon.gov.sa
MODON (مدن) is the plural of the Arabic word "Madina", meaning cities. It is used here as a business name for Saudi Industrial Property Authority (هيئة المدن الصناعية ومناطق التقنية), a government organization created by the Saudi Arabia in 2001 through Ministerial Legislation No.235 dated 27/8/1422H and represents industrial cities. MODON is responsible for developing and supervising industrial lands in the Kingdom. Its mission is to undertake, as an independent public agency, the regulation and promotion of Industrial Estates and Technology Zones in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on both public and private industrial lands; and to encourage the private sector to become involved in the development, operation and maintenance of Industrial Estates. MODON is also responsible to create ideal environment for developing and upgrading Technology Zones in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. MODON’s larger goal is to have a Saudi industry capable to compete locally and globally.
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Industrial Cities
Existing Industrial Cities
MODON has set up 14 industrial cities and oversees the organization of these cities spread over various regions of the Kingdom on a total area of approximately 237 million square meters in Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam, Makkah, Qassim, Al-Ahsa, Madinah, Assir, Al Jouf, Tabuk, Hail and Najran. The investments in these cities exceed 200 billion riyals ($.53.33 billion) and these industrial cities employs more than 300 thousand workers.[1]
The following table shows the total area, number of factories and number of workers in Industrial Cities up to the end of 2008:
| Sr. # | Industrial city | Total Area (M²) | No. of Factories |
No. of Workers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riyadh 1st. | 451,000 | 59 | 5080 |
| 2 | Riyadh 2nd. | 18,786,000 | 806 | 65256 |
| 3 | Jeddah 1st. | 12,807,000 | 988 | 78519 |
| 4 | Dammam 1st. | 2,704,000 | 126 | 14148 |
| 5 | Damamm 2nd. | 24,800,000 | 534 | 53877 |
| 6 | Makkah | 730,117 | 57 | 3075 |
| 7 | Al-Qassim | 1,542,934 | 52 | 2762 |
| 8 | Al-Ahsa | 1,543,000 | 93 | 7230 |
| 9 | Madinah | 9,949,000 | 44 | 3520 |
| 10 | Assir | 2,663,000 | 84 | 8120 |
| 11 | Al-Jouf | 3,000,000 | 8 | 640 |
| 12 | Tabuk | 4,000,000 | 12 | 960 |
| 13 | Hail | 2,560,000 | 19 | 1520 |
| 14 | Najran | 6,560,000 | 1 | 80 |
Industrial Cities under development
MODON is developing new industrial cities in Sudair, Jazan, Ar’ar, Al-Kharj, Al-Gurayaat, Zulfi, Al-Baha and a second industrial estate is Jeddah. It is re-developing existing industrial cities, as well as building model factories.
MODON is also establishing industrial cities in the reformatories of Al-Ha'er and Jeddah in cooperation with the Public Administration of Prisons.
Technology Zones
Technology zones are known around the world as [[science parks], technology parks, research parks, Techno-polis, or Innovation Centers. The term technology zone usually denotes a focus on technology, innovation, and tenant companies’ involvement in knowledge-based activities.
The International Association of Science Parks defines a science park as:
- a property-based initiative, which has formal and operational links with universities or other higher educational institution, or major centers of research;
- designed to encourage the formation and growth of knowledge-based industries, or high value-added firms, normally resident on site;
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