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Al Batʼha Sub-Municipality
Baladiyah Al-Batʼha ( ar, بلدية البطحاء الفرعية, translit=Baladīyah al-Baṭʼḥāʾ al-Farʿīyyah, lit=), in English as Al-Batʼha Sub-Municipality, is a baladiyah in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, one of the 16 sub-municipalities of the city. It includes the neighbourhoods of ad-Dirah and Margab, two of the five districts that partially form part of the al-Batʼha commercial area and as well as Manfuhah, al-Mansourah, al-Khalidiyyah and parts of Sinaiyah Qadeem. It was named after Wadi al-Batha and was made into a municipal division ( baladiyah) in 1977 during the reign of King Khalid. Neighbourhoods and sub-districts Baladiyah al-Batha consists of several neighbourhoods and sub-districts, which are: * al-Dubiyah * Mikal * Jabrah * al-Manfuhah * Manfuhah al-Jadidah * al-Yamamah * Sinaiyah Qadeem (partially) * Al Bateha * Ghubaira * al-Khalidiyyah * al-Salhiyah * al-Marqab * al-Qiri * al-Wusaita * al-Faisaliyyah * al-Mansourah (partially) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Batʼha (Riyadh)
Al-Batʼha (), also simply romanized as Batha, is a colloquial umbrella term used for the agglomeration of certain parts of neighborhoods in downtown Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, that are primarily situated along the al-Batʼha Street on the either edge of the now-dried up stream of Wadi al-Batʼha, located between al-Murabba and the Qasr al-Hukm District. It is one of the oldest commercial districts in Riyadh and the financial nerve center of the city's downtown area, covering east of al-Futah and al-Dirah whereas west of al-Amal, Margab and Thulaim. It emerged in the 1940s during World War II when a number of Kuwaiti merchants and traders chose to set up an auction market just outside the northeastern fringes of the city walls. Besides being a open-air marketplace that hosts a number of large and medium-scale trading centers, the surrounding locality has been the heart of the city's Bangladeshi community since the oil boom of the 1970s, alongside Indians, Pakistanis, Fili ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Mansurah (Riyadh)
Al-Mansurah (), alternatively romanized as al-Mansourah and formerly known as Khanshaleelah, () is a historic neighborhood in southern Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, located east of Manfuhah and west of al-Khalidiyyah in the sub-municipalities of al-Batʼha and Aziziya. It was once a stopover for Hajj pilgrims on the traditional route arriving from the east and was named after a 16th century local woman, Jaleelah bint Abdul Mohsen ad-Dar'iy, who had donated her house as a caravanserai to accommodate the travelers enroute to Mecca. History According to historians, the neighborhood's previous name, Khanshaleelah was derived from the name of a woman, Jaleelah, the daughter of Abdul Mohsen bin Sai'id ad-Dar'iy al-Hanafyy, who reportedly donated her house to feed and accommodate Hajj pilgrims passing through Riyadh from east. Pilgrims arriving from non-Arab eastern countries of Central Asia and Transoxiana dubbed the neighborhood as " ''khan''", a Middle Persian word that refers to an "u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khalid Of Saudi Arabia
Khalid bin Abdulaziz Al Saud ( ar, خالد بن عبد العزيز آل سعود ''Khalid ibn ʿAbd al ʿAzīz Āl Suʿūd'' ; 13 February 1913 13 June 1982) was a Saudi Arabian statesman and politician who served as King and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia from 25 March 1975 to his death in 1982. Prior to his ascension, he was Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia from 29 March 1965 to 25 March 1975. He was the fifth son of King Abdulaziz, the founder of modern Saudi Arabia. He was the third of Abdulaziz's six sons who have been kings (the others were Saud, Faisal, Fahd, Abdullah and Salman). Khalid was the son of King Abdulaziz and Al Jawhara bint Musaed Al Jiluwi. He assisted his half-brother Prince Faisal in his duties as foreign minister of Saudi Arabia. Khalid served as viceroy of the Hejaz region for a brief time in the 1930s. He visited the United States in 1943 together with Faisal, establishing relations between the two countries. He was appointed as the deputy prime minist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wadi Al-Batʼha
Wadi al-Batʼha (), historically known as Wadi al-Wutar (), is an ancient river valley under rehabilitation in the Najd region of Riyadh Province, Saudi Arabia. The valley once descended from Shiʿb Abu Rufia, and traversed from northwest to south, cutting through town of Riyadh before meeting Wadi Hanifa in the southwest. The remnants of the valley today originate and end in the al-Masani neighborhood and has a length of almost 6.5 km, with the stream draining into Wadi Hanifa as per its previous river mouth. It has lent its name to the al-Batʼha Street in downtown Riyadh, which runs parallel to the now-dried up stream of the wadi, as well as the locality surrounding it and the sub-municipality A deelgemeente (, literally ''part-municipality'') or section (French) is a subdivision of a municipality in Belgium and, until March 2014, in the Netherlands as well. Belgium Each municipality in Belgium that existed as a separate entity on 1 Ja .... References Wadis of Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Industrial Area, Riyadh
Sinaiyah al-Qadimah ( ar, الصناعية القديمة, lit=old industrial area, translit=aṣ-Ṣināʿīyah al-Qadīmah), officially First Industrial City, and often shortened to as-Sinaiyah, is an industrial district in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, located southwest of al-Malazz and north of al-Khalidiyyah in the sub-municipalities of al-Malaz and al-Batha. It was established west of the Riyadh Rail Station in 1973 during the reign of King Faisal bin Abdulaziz as part of the first national five-year development plan of 1970–1975, covering an area of 123.5 acres. The southern part of the district is popular for its automobile workshops and spare parts stores. It is overseen by the Saudi Authority for Industrial Cities and Technology Zones (MODON). History According to the Saudi Authority for Industrial Cities and Technology Zones, Sinaiyah Qadeem was established in 1973 during the time of King Faisal bin Abdulaziz King is the title given to a male monarch in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margab (Riyadh)
Al-Marqab (), or in Najdi vernacular pronunciation as al-Margab, is one of the oldest neighborhoods of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, located east of al-Dirah and south of Thulaim in the sub-municipality of al-Batʼha. It was named after the Margab Fort, which was demolished in 1957. As the neighborhood is bounded by al-Batʼha Street to the west, its western strip partially forms part of the al-Batʼha commercial area. The early traces of its existence dates back to 16th century, which nearly corresponds with the final stages of the disintegration of Hajr al-Yamamah Hajr ( ar, حَجْر, Ḥajr), also known as Hajr al-Yamamah ( ar, حَجْر اليَمامَة, Ḥajr al-Yamāmah) or Khadra Hajr, was an ancient settlement founded by the Hanifites that roughly emerged in 5th century pre-Islamic Arabia and ... that resulted in the succession of several settlements from the former. References Neighbourhoods in Riyadh {{SaudiArabia-geo-stub ... [...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] |
Baladiyah
Baladiyah () is a type of Arabic administrative division that can be translated as "district", "sub-district" or "municipality". The plural is baladiyat (). Grammatically, it is the feminine of "rural, country-, folk-". The Arabic term amanah () is also used for "municipality". Arab countries Sets Other * Western Region Municipality () * Dubai Municipality () * Unaizah Municipality Unaizah ( ar, عنيزة ) or officially The Governorate of Unaizah (also spelled Onaizah, Onizah, or Unayzah; ar, محافظة عنيزة ) is a Saudi Arabian city in the Al Qassim Province. It lies south of the province capital Buraydah and n ... () Turkish In Turkish, the word belediye (definite accusative ''belediyesi''), which is a loan from Arabic, means "municipality" or "city council". See also * Opshtina References Types of administrative division {{Geo-term-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arabic
Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic languages, Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C. E.Watson; Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin/Boston, 2011. Having emerged in the 1st century, it is named after the Arabs, Arab people; the term "Arab" was initially used to describe those living in the Arabian Peninsula, as perceived by geographers from ancient Greece. Since the 7th century, Arabic has been characterized by diglossia, with an opposition between a standard Prestige (sociolinguistics), prestige language—i.e., Literary Arabic: Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) or Classical Arabic—and diverse vernacular varieties, which serve as First language, mother tongues. Colloquial dialects vary significantly from MSA, impeding mutual intelligibility. MSA is only acquired through formal education and is not spoken natively. It is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skirina
Skirina () or at times al-Skirina is a subject of Baladiyah al-Batha and a residential neighborhood in southern Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Bordered by Mi'kal neighborhood to the north and Manfuhah al-Jadidah to the south, it is one of the oldest neighborhoods of the city. References Neighbourhoods in Riyadh {{SaudiArabia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Oud
Al-Oud (), alternatively al-ʼUd is a residential neighborhood and a subject of Baladiyah al-Batha in southern Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Spread across 291 hectares, its popular for hosting the famous al-Oud cemetery. It shares borders with Gabrah and al-Bateha neighborhoods to the west and as-Salhiyah and Ghubaira Ghubaira (), alternatively at times al-Ghubairah, () is a residential neighborhood in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsul ...h neighborhoods to the east. References {{reflist Neighbourhoods in Riyadh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
