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Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia (King from August 2005)

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Saudi Arabia doubles its industrial coast at Jubail

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Laid the Jubail II foundation stone; died 2015

On Christmas Day 2004, Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdulaziz pressed a foundation stone into sand on Saudi Arabia's eastern coast. The stone marked the start of Jubail II—a roughly $80 billion expansion that would add 6,200 hectares of plants, pipelines, and housing, effectively doubling what was already among the largest civil-engineering projects ever attempted.

Updated Apr 27