| Farms number around 16,000, and agricultural projects around 1,500 | Sakaka is a small but expanding city with much construction in progress |
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| [ ] The city has three English schools, Sakaka International School, which is an international, mostly Egyptian School and has CBSE curriculum, the other Al-Jouf International school with British curriculum and the third one is Alqimam international school with American curriculum |
There are also the ancient Rajajil standing stones in Sakaka, dating back nearly 6,000 years.
20| Encyclopaedic Survey of Islamic Culture | [ ] There are several government-run schools and some private schools |
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| Sakaka is home to many Saudi families that can proudly trace their lineage to a few large, old tribes that have dominated the area since time immemorial | Agriculture [ ] Al-Jawf is notable for its abundant agricultural water, making possible the cultivation of dates 200,000 palms and olives 12,000,000 trees , as well as other agricultural products |
History [ ] Sakakah is an town on an ancient caravan route across the Arabian peninsula.
27| Historical Places [ ] Mard Castle The history of Al-Jawf dates back more than four thousand years | [ ] Climate [ ] classifies its climate as BWh |
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| , Splendid Arabia: A travel site with photos and routes• For this reason, the city has new government buildings, schools and hospitals and are built adjacent to crumbling ruins of older buildings | They were sent to the town of Sakaka and and , requesting resident tribes there to join the nascent kingdom |
One major feature of the city is the rapidly expanding Jami'at Al-Jawf , founded in 2005.
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