 Makkah, similar to Madinah, lies at the junction of two of the most important highways in Saudi Arabia, Highway 40, connecting it to the important port city of Jeddah in the west and the capital of Riyadh and the other major port city, Dammam, in the east.The other, Highway 15, connects Makkah to the other holy Islamic city of Madinah approximately 400 km (250 mi) in the north and onward to Tabuk and Jordan.While in the south, it connects Makkah to Abha and Jizan.