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Al-Aflaj
Al-Aflaj Governorate is one of the 22 governorates of Riyadh Region, Riyadh Province, Saudi Arabia, and its base is Layla (town), Layla city. Al-Aflaj is located more than 300 km away from the capital Riyadh, it has a number of agricultural villages on the mountain of Tuwaiq, Tuwayq (formerly Al-Arida mountain) from its eastern foot to the western edge. Location Al-Aflaj is located in Riyadh Region, Riyadh region with an area of 54,120 square km, a road passes through it that connects Riyadh (Saudi Arabia Capital) to 'Asir Region, 'Asir region in the south and the base of Al-Aflaj (Layla city) 300 km away from Riyadh. In the north, there is Hotat Bani Tamim, Al-H̨arīq in the northwest, Al-Kharj in the northeast, Al-Quwaia in the west, As Sulayyil in the south and the eastern area in the east. It's located between 45.20 degree and 23.15 north of the equator, and between the Longitude 45.15 degree and 48.12 Latitude east of Greenwich. Administrative Divisions Villages * A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Layla (town)
Layla ( ar, لیلى) is a town in central Saudi Arabia. It is the principal town of the Al-Aflaj oasis in Riyadh Region, some 330 km south of the capital, Riyadh. It is believed to have been named after Layla of Bani 'Amir, a 7th-century woman from the local tribe of Bani 'Amir who was immortalized in the poetry of her lover Qays ibn Al-Mulawwah. The romance of Qays and Layla is perhaps the most famous romance of Arabic literature, and was chronicled by Persian literature, Persian poet Nizami Ganjavi, Nizami in ''Layla and Majnun, Layla wal Majnun'' ("Layla and the Madman"). Several tribes have governed the town across two millennia, including tribes of Kaab ibn 'Amir, then 'Uqayl ibn 'Amir and Alshathri. The population of the town and its surrounding villages and hamlets is nearly 76,000, largely consisting of settled Bedouins from the Dawasir tribe. Layla neighbours a dry lake bed called ''Umm Jabal''. A Laylá (crater), crater on Mars has been named after this town. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riyadh Region
The Riyadh Province ( ar, منطقة الرياض '), also known as the Riyadh Region, is a region of Saudi Arabia, located in the geographic center of the country. It has an area of and with a 2017 population of 8,216,284, it is the second-largest region by both area and population, behind the Eastern Province and Mecca Region respectively. 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 1963 to 2011. Other populous cities in the region include Al Ghat, Zulfi and Majma'ah. Approximately half of the region's area is desert, and it only borders other regions of the kingdom; it has no international borders. The region borders, clockwise from the north, the Easte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about , making it the fifth-largest country in Asia, the second-largest in the Arab world, and the largest in Western Asia and the Middle East. It is bordered by the Red Sea to the west; Jordan, Iraq, and Kuwait to the north; the Persian Gulf, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates to the east; Oman to the southeast; and Yemen to the south. Bahrain is an island country off the east coast. The Gulf of Aqaba in the northwest separates Saudi Arabia from Egypt. Saudi Arabia is the only country with a coastline along both the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf, and most of its terrain consists of arid desert, lowland, steppe, and mountains. Its capital and largest city is Riyadh. The country is home to Mecca and Medina, the two holiest cities in Islam. Pre-Islamic Arabia, the territory that constitutes modern-day Saudi Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riyadh
Riyadh (, ar, الرياض, 'ar-Riyāḍ, lit.: 'The Gardens' Najdi pronunciation: ), formerly known as Hajr al-Yamamah, is the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia. It is also the capital of the Riyadh Province and the centre of the Riyadh Governorate. 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 above sea level, 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 7.6 million people in 2019, making it the most-populous city in Saudi Arabia, 3rd most populous in the Middle East, and 38th most populous in Asia. The first mentioning of the city by the name ''Riyadh'' was in 1590, by an early Arab chronicler. In 1737, Deham Ibn Dawwas, who was from the neighboring Manfuha, settled in and took control of the city. Deham built a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tuwaiq
Jabal Tuwaiq ( ar, جَبَل طُوَيْق, Tuwaiq Mountain) is a narrow escarpment that cuts through the plateau of Najd in central Arabia, running approximately from the southern border of Al-Qasim in the north, to the northern edge of the Empty Quarter desert near Wadi ad-Dawasir in the south. It is high and also has a Middle Jurassic stratigraphic section. The eastern side slopes downwards gradually, while the western side ends in an abrupt manner. The escarpment can be thought of as a narrow plateau, though the locals refer to it as a ''jebel'' ("mount"). Marshall Cavendish used the name "Tuwayr Mountains" to describe mountains of central Arabia, distinct from the Shammar in the north, the Dhofar in the south, and the Hajar to the east. Many narrow valleys (''wadis'') run along its sides, such as Wadi Hanifa, and a group of towns lie on its central section, including the Saudi capital, Riyadh. Many settlements have historically existed on either side of it as well, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
'Asir Region
The ʿAsir Region ( ar, عَسِيرٌ, ʿAsīr, lit=difficult) is a region of Saudi Arabia located in the southwest of the country that is named after the ʿAsīr tribe. It has an area of and an estimated population of 2,211,875 (2017). It is surrounded by Mecca Province to the north and west, Al-Bahah Province to the northwest, Riyadh Province to the northeast, Jazan Province to the south, and Najran Province to the southeast. ʿAsir also shares a short border with the Saada Governorate of Yemen to the south. The capital of the ʿAsir Region is Abha. Other towns include Khamis Mushait, Bisha and Bareq. The regional governor is Turki bin Talal bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud (appointed 27 December 2018), a son of Prince Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. He replaced his cousin, Faisal bin Khalid bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, on the same day. Geography The ʿAsir Region is situated on a high plateau that receives more rainfall than the rest of the country and contains the country's highest pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hotat Bani Tamim
Hotat Bani Tamim ( ar, حوطة بني تميم) is a Saudi Arabian town, adjacent to Riyadh. Its population is about 40,000. Most of the residents are from the Tamimi tribe. Hotat Bani Tamim is located 135 km south of Riyadh's southern ring road, and slightly northeast of the Ibex Reserve Protected Area. Transportation The town is linked with a new highway with the capital Riyadh to be 153 km. Recently, the government agreed a plan to build a new domestic airport in the town to serve the southern Riyadh towns such as: Al-kharj Kharj ( ar, الخرج) is a governorate in central Saudi Arabia. It is one of the important governorates in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and is located in the southeast of the capital Riyadh, within an area of 19,790 km2 ~ 4,890,215.5 acres, ... and Hotat Bani tamim. See also * List of cities and towns in Saudi Arabia * Regions of Saudi Arabia References Populated places in Riyadh Province {{SaudiArabia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-H̨arīq
Al-H̨arīq or Al Hareeq ( ar, الحريق) is a small town in Riyadh Province, Saudi Arabia. It is located by road south of Riyadh. As of the 2004 census it had a population of 7304 people. Description Al-H̨arīq is a small village located in the south of Riyadh. It is considered one of the subordinate villages of Banu Tamim, which is famous for palm Palm most commonly refers to: * Palm of the hand, the central region of the front of the hand * Palm plants, of family Arecaceae **List of Arecaceae genera * Several other plants known as "palm" Palm or Palms may also refer to: Music * Palm (ba ... cultivation. See also * List of cities and towns in Saudi Arabia * Regions of Saudi Arabia References Populated places in Riyadh Province {{SaudiArabia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Kharj
Kharj ( ar, الخرج) is a governorate in central Saudi Arabia. It is one of the important governorates in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and is located in the southeast of the capital Riyadh, within an area of 19,790 km2 ~ 4,890,215.5 acres, and a population of 376,325 people, according to the statistics of the General Authority for Statistics for the year 2010. The city of Al Saih ( ar, السيح) is the capital of modern Kharj and its administrative and economic center. Etymology ) and are reserved by the sands of Aldahna ( ar, الدهنـاء)., date=September 2020 It has also been said that Alkharj means what comes out of the earth because it is an agricultural region since the earliest times, and the name is older than those poets like the poet of King Al-Himyari ( ar, الملك الحميري), Asaad Abi Karb Al-Awsat ( ar, أسعد أبي كرب الأوسط), who mentioned the name of the Alkharj in their poems. The Ministry of Transport recently started making so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
As Sulayyil
Al Sulayyil ( ar, السليل) or As Sulayyil is a village in Ar Riyad Province, Saudi Arabia. The city is located about 575 km South of Riyadh city proper and 80 km North-East of Wadi ad-Dawasir, another relatively larger city. It has a size of about 25 square kilometers and a population of nearly 26,000. The landscape is that of typical desert and climate is extremely arid. The summer temperature between mid-June to mid-August may reach up to 50 degrees Celsius. Rainfall is scarce, sometimes no rain in a whole year, however, Sulayyil dwellers have observed some heavy downpours and thunderstorms during the month of March and April in recent years. Winters are mild with few exceptions of colder days, usually in the months of January and February. Al Sulayyil is in the southern Riyadh region. Along with the nearby city of Wadi ad-Dawasir, these are the main cities of the area which are considered to be one of richest farming areas in the kingdom, although it is very clo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
