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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:
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.
The project is projected to boost Saudi Arabia's economy in the non-oil sector and is expected to add 180 billion Saudi riyals ($48.00 billion) to non-oil GDP and create 334,000 direct and indirect jobs by 2030, a year that coincides with the estimated culmination of Saudi Vision 2030.
Dawadmi or Ad Dawadimi (Arabic: الدوادمي) is a town in Riyadh Province, Saudi Arabia. Google Maps spells the name as Al Duwadimi. As of the 2022 census it had a population of 563,861 people. [1] The town is mostly inhabited by the tribe of Banu 'Utaybah. It is located on top of Najd hill, the central area of Saudi Arabia.
Al-Olaya (Arabic: العليا, romanized: al-ʿulāyā), alternatively transliterated as al-Ulaya, is the central business district of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, located mostly in the sub-municipality of its namesake, al-Ulaya, and partially in al-Malaz and al-Ma'dher.
King Abdullah Financial District (KAFD; Arabic: مركز الملك عبدالله المالي) is a mixed-use financial district located in the al-Aqeeq neighbourhood of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia [3] [4] Managed by the King Abdullah Financial District Development and Management Company (KAFD DMC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Kingdom's Public Investment Fund.
In December 2020, Spar Saudi Stores Company, a company of Al-Sadhan Group, opened an express convenience store in Riyadh's Digital City. [25] In March 2021, the complex hosted the Noor Riyadh events. [26] In April 2022, the General Presidency for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vices installed over 50 billboards in the complex. [27]
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 takes up 4/5's or, 40/50 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 ...