The Line, Saudi Arabia
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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 Line
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Coordinates: 28°06′00″N 35°18′00″E | |
Country | ![]() |
Province | Tabuk |
City | Neom |
Announced | 10 January 2021; 3 years ago (2021-01-10) |
Founded by | Mohammed bin Salman |
Government | |
• Director | Nadhmi Al-Nasr[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 34 km2 (13 sq mi) |
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• Length | 170 km (110 mi) |
• Width | 0.2 km (0.1 mi) |
Time zone | UTC+03 (Arabian Standard Time) |
Website | www![]() |
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]