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2,000 homes in Jazan completed

01 April 2012

THE first phase of a 6,000-unit housing project for Saudi Arabia’s Jazan province has been launched.

The SR6-billion ($1.5 billion) King Abdullah housing project will accommodate about 5,000 displaced families of Jazan who had been evacuated from the border with Yemen following fighting between Yemeni intruders and Saudi Arabia’s armed forces in 2009.

It is the largest project being implemented by the King Abdullah Charitable Housing Foundation.

Jazan Governor Prince Muhammad bin Nasser has inaugurated the first phase of the project consisting of 2,000 units. It comprises five housing complexes that are provided with facilities such as mosques, schools and health centres.

According to an official for the project, the King Abdullah housing scheme is a model for good design and efficient construction. “The new houses have been built using prefabricated materials, which helped in completing the project quickly and efficiently, said Abdul Khalik Obaid Al Qarni.

“The houses are constructed in such a way that they can withstand earthquakes,” he added.

The scheme is spread across five locations, with the 2,249-unit complex at Hasma being the largest among the residential complexes. The complex has 11 mosques, two health centres and 15 schools, telephone and water connections, gardens and service roads. The Rawan complex has 1,063 houses, Kharish, 1,246 houses, Ramada, 995 houses and Suha project comprises 447 houses – all with mosques and other utilities.

The houses cover an area of 500 to 1,000 sq m.