Yanbu' al Bahr (Arabic: ينبع البحر, Yanbuʿ al-Baḥr, "spring by the sea"), also known simply as Yanbu, Yambo or Yenbo, is a major Red Sea port in the Al Madinah province of western Saudi Arabia. It is approximately 300 kilometers north-west of Jeddah (at 24°05′N 38°00′E / 24.083°N 38°E / 24.083; 38). The population is 188,430 (2004 census). A large number of the residents are foreign expatriates, mostly from Asia, but there are also large numbers from the Middle East and Europe.