Yakhtul

MEED describes Yakhtul as being tourist oriented.^[8] Fishing is a major source of income for the locals.^[9] As of 1996, despite many of the houses having their own wells, high water salinity meant that it could only be used for bathing and cleaning, and drinking water had to be imported.^[10] However, the local diet is said to meet the World Health Organization minimum requirements, with a plentiful supply of nutrients from fresh fish and other local commodities.^[2] A French medical team was reported to be operating in Yakhtul in the mid-1980s.^[11]

Yakhtul is described as consisting of "a few white houses, some huts, and a mosque."^[4] The town contains Yakhtul Mosque, which was said to have been "built at the expense of the good people of the area at a cost of one million riyals."^[12] The same man who built the mosque also established Yakhtul preparatory school in the town, at a cost of 150,000 riyals.^[12] The "first phases of construction work" were reported to have been completed in 1989.^[8]

At the village is what is called "Dar al-milh" (the place of salt). The salt pans, called darah are said to be "cut out of the hard ground and the soil heaped up on the sides to form bunds (zabir al-darah).^[13]