Yanbu' al Bahr (, , "spring by the sea"), also known simply as
Yanbu,
Yambo or
Yenbo, is a major
Red Sea port in the
Al Madinah province of western
Saudi Arabia. It is approximately 300 kilometers northwest of
Jeddah (at ). The population is 188,430 (2004 census). A large number of the residents are foreign
expatriates working in the oil refineries and petrochemical industry, mostly from Asia, but there are also large numbers from the Middle East, Europe, United States, and Canada.