Tantura is located in the Al-Ula region, which is one of the cities of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and it is located in the west of the Arabian Peninsula, and it is administratively affiliated to the Al-Madinah region, and it is about 300 km north of it. The city of Al-Ula is located between two large mountains on a fertile valley where the palms, citrus and fruits are grown and water is available. Al-Joufiyah, which is among the archaeological sites registered with UNESCO.
The reason for calling it Tantura
The residents of Al-Ula city depend in their practical lives on agriculture because of the fertility of the land and the abundance of water, especially since the region contains more than forty eyes and the eyes water was distributed according to an irrigation system adopted by the children of Al-Ula by a council dedicated to that, and they use the distribution of shares in the solar hour or tantura as it was called in the past, It is a solar clock located in a high place on the roofs of an ancient building as an integral part of the building, and the people of Al-Ula depend on it to prove the arrival of the square and enter the winter season, which begins annually on December 22, and as soon as you enter the square, which is declared by the Tantura Clock, the people celebrate this and they are activities that Inherit the region’s population since many years ago.
Saudi Arabia launches the Tantura Winter Tourism Festival
The people celebrate entering Al-Qarbaniyyah through the hour of Tantura
The solar clock in Tantura
Al-Ula area with scenic monuments
