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The capital of Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, was initially known for its availability of water and fertile land which made it ideal for farming dates and other crops. Wheat was also widely grown until the crops were infested with insects and mites. After Riyadh was designated as the capital in the mid-1900s, Riyadh became a manufacturing hub.
Map showing the major cities in Saudi Arabia. City Population [1] Comments Abha: 334,290 (2022) ... Riyadh: 7,000,100 (2022) Capital and largest city Riyadh Al-Khabra:
Saudi Arabia, [d] officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), [e] is a country in West Asia.Located in the centre of the Middle East, it covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula and has a land area of about 2,150,000 km 2 (830,000 sq mi), making it the fifth-largest country in Asia, the largest in the Middle East, and the 12th-largest in the world. [15]
Diriyah was the original home of the Saudi royal family, and served as the capital of the Emirate of Diriyah under the first Saudi dynasty from 1727 to 1818. [5] Today, the town is the seat of the Diriyah Governorate, which also includes the villages of Uyayna , Jubayla , and Al-Ammariyyah, among others—and is part of Ar Riyad Province .
'the meadow') is a residential neighborhood in eastern Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, [1] [2] [3] and the seat of the homonymous sub-municipality of al-Rawdah. [4] located east of King Abdullah District and south of al-Quds. The district emerged in the 1970s and is named after the singular form of the Arabic word Riyadh.
Topography of Saudi Arabia (Altitude color coded) Saudi Arabia physical features Köppen–Geiger climate classification map at 1-km resolution for Saudi Arabia (1991–2020) The Arabian Peninsula is an ancient massif composed of stable crystalline rock whose geologic structure developed concurrently with the Alps. Geologic movements caused the ...
Downtown Riyadh (Arabic: وسط الرياض, lit. 'middle Riyadh') is a term used for a group of 20 neighborhoods in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.Covering an area of more than 3700 acres, it hosts some of the city's most important cultural and commercial districts, such as the King Abdulaziz Historical Center, the al-Batʼha commercial area and the Qasr al-Hukm District, while simultaneously ...
Al Majma'ah (Arabic: المجمعة) is a city and a governorate in Riyadh Province, Saudi Arabia. It is located at around 25°54′14″N 45°20′44″E / 25.90389°N 45.34556°E / 25.90389; 45.34556 , and it is the capital of the Sudair region