Al-`Ula (also Al Ola, Arabic العلاal-ʿulā; Also Dedan), is a city some 110km southwest of Tayma (380km north of Medina) in north-western Saudi Arabia. Al-Ula was historically located on the Incense route.
It was the capital of the ancient Lihyanites (Dedanites). It is well known for archaeological remnants, some over 2000 years old.