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The current state of the city emerged as an offshoot of the eponymous walled town following the dismantling of the defensive fortifications in the s. It is the largest city on the Arabian Peninsula , and is situated in the center of the an-Nafud desert, on the eastern part of the Najd plateau. The city sits at an average of meters 2, ft above sea level, [7] and receives around 5 million tourists each year, making it the forty-ninth most visited city in the world and the 6th in the Middle East. Riyadh had a population of 7. The first mention of the city by the name Riyadh was in , by an Arab chronicler. Deham built a wall around the city , and the best-known source of the name Riyadh is from this period, thought to be referring to the earlier oasis towns that predated the wall built by Ibn Dawwas.

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It is also the capital of Riyadh Province , and belongs to the historical regions of Nejd and Al-Yamama. It is in the center of the Arabian Peninsula on a large plateau, and is home to 6. The city is divided into 15 municipal districts, managed by Riyadh Municipality headed by the mayor of Riyadh, and the Riyadh Development Authority, chaired by the governor of Riyadh Province, Faisal bin Bandar Al Saud. He was appointed mayor in It has been designated a global city. Al-Yamamah broke away from the Abbasid Empire in and the area fell under the rule of the Ukhaydhirites, who moved the capital from Hajr to nearby Al Kharj. The city then went into a long period of decline. In the 14th century, North African traveller Ibn Battuta wrote of his visit to Hajr, describing it as "the main city of Al-Yamamah, and its name is Hajr". Ibn Battuta goes on to describe it as a city of canals and trees with most of its inhabitants belonging to Bani Hanifa, and reports that he continued on with their leader to Mecca to perform the Hajj. Riyadh is divided into fifteen branch municipalities, [4] in addition to the Diplomatic Quarter.

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It has an area of , km 2 , sq mi and with a population of 8,,, [2] it is the second-largest region by area, behind the Eastern Province and the largest by population. The capital governorate of the province is the Riyadh Governorate and it is named after the capital of the kingdom, Riyadh , which is the most populous city in the region and the kingdom, with a little less than two-thirds of the population of the region residing within the city. The province was governed for nearly five decades by Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz from to shortly before he became the Crown Prince in Currently, it is governed by Prince Faisal bin Bandar. Approximately half of the region's area is desert, and it only borders other regions of the kingdom; it has no international borders.

The current state of the city emerged as an offshoot of the eponymous walled town following the dismantling of the defensive fortifications in the s. It is the largest city on the Arabian Peninsula , and is situated in the center of the an-Nafud desert, on the eastern part of the Najd plateau. The city sits at an average of meters 2, ft above sea level, [7] and receives around 5 million tourists each year, making it the forty-ninth most visited city in the world and the 6th in the Middle East. Riyadh had a population of 7. The first mention of the city by the name Riyadh was in , by an Arab chronicler. Deham built a wall around the city , and the best-known source of the name Riyadh is from this period, thought to be referring to the earlier oasis towns that predated the wall built by Ibn Dawwas. However their state, now known as the First Saudi State , collapsed in Turki ibn Abdullah founded the Second Saudi State in the early 19th century and made Riyadh his capital in

Riyadh wiki

It is also the capital of Riyadh Province , and belongs to the historical regions of Nejd and Al-Yamama. It is in the center of the Arabian Peninsula on a large plateau, and is home to 6. The city is divided into 15 municipal districts, managed by Riyadh Municipality headed by the mayor of Riyadh, and the Riyadh Development Authority, chaired by the governor of Riyadh Province, Faisal bin Bandar Al Saud. He was appointed mayor in It has been designated a global city. Al-Yamamah broke away from the Abbasid Empire in and the area fell under the rule of the Ukhaydhirites, who moved the capital from Hajr to nearby Al Kharj. The city then went into a long period of decline. In the 14th century, North African traveller Ibn Battuta wrote of his visit to Hajr, describing it as "the main city of Al-Yamamah, and its name is Hajr". Ibn Battuta goes on to describe it as a city of canals and trees with most of its inhabitants belonging to Bani Hanifa, and reports that he continued on with their leader to Mecca to perform the Hajj. Riyadh is divided into fifteen branch municipalities, [4] in addition to the Diplomatic Quarter.

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The mayor is Prince Faisal bin Abdulaziz al-Muqrin. The stadium has a capacity of 22, people. Wikisource 0 entries. Each branch municipality in turn contains several districts, amounting to over in total, though some districts are divided between more than one branch municipality. The shopping center has a separate floor for women only to shop where men are not allowed to enter. In addition to the Municipality of Riyadh , the region is divided into 19 governorates muhafazat and 1 sub-governorate markaz :. The centre of the city, Al-Bathaa and Al-Dir'iyyah, is also its oldest part. Lake at the km long Wadi Hanifa valley that cuts through Riyadh. A dry and sharply defined riverbed wadi begins about 40 km north of Riyadh and runs in a north-south direction for over km, cutting through the western edge of the city, known as Wadi Hanifah. This marked the decline of the House of Saud for a short time. Archived from the original on 12 November Faisal bin Bandar Al Saud. Al Arabiya.

Known by local wags as the Dead Center of the Kingdom , Riyadh is considered the most straight-laced of the Kingdom's big three cities. With many forms of entertainment banned, few sights of interest and a brutal climate, Riyadh is a business-only destination if there ever was one, but it's also the best place in the Kingdom to watch the continuing collision of tribal Wahhabi conservatism grappling with modern technology and Western influences, and things have loosened up slightly under Crown Prince MBS's watch.

Freebase Data Dumps. Read Edit View history. Lake at the km long Wadi Hanifa valley that cuts through Riyadh. The Wadi has several entry points, but perhaps the easiest route is by taking King Abdullah Road west past the university and into the town of Arqah. Business Insider. These are often not much more expensive than the taxi trip, but mostly high-quality, comfortable cars rather than run-down, creaky old clunkers with worn-through seats. Library of Congress authority ID. Curlie ID. Contents move to sidebar hide. You'll probably be accosted by touts as you soon as you exit customs, but just ignore them and head to the taxi ranks outside or use taxi hailing apps like Uber and Careem the Middle Eastern option. Read Change Change source View history. Retrieved 3 July Faisal bin Bandar Al Saud.