Towns & cities
Al-Ula
city in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia · 26.6089, 37.9236
Al-Ula is recorded as a filming location for 1 production. Wikidata records these shoots at town level: somewhere in Al-Ula, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 2 more.
Movies filmed in Al-Ula
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Al-Ula as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than the statements above, so it gets its own list, each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.
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Frequently asked questions
What was filmed in Al-Ula?
3 productions are recorded as filmed in Al-Ula, including Kandahar (2023), Hijra (2025) and K-Pops! (2024). 2 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed in Al-Ula?
Kandahar (2023), covered by 22 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Al-Ula?
Al-Ula is in Saudi Arabia. Its coordinates are 26.6089, 37.9236.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, joined to the place's coordinates and Wikipedia article, plus places named in Wikipedia articles, which are labelled per Wikipedia wherever they appear. The photograph is from Wikimedia Commons, by Pteropus conspicillatus, CC BY-SA 3.0.