As-Suwaidi (Riyadh)
Al-Suwaidi ( ar, السويدي, lit=bitter soil) is a residential neighborhood and a subject of Baladiyah al-Urayja located on the right bank of Wadi Hanifa in southwestern Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It is one of the city's 'residential districts' and is relatively overpopulated in terms of the standards of Riyadh. Demographics As of 2005, more than 500,000 people lived in the area. As of that year, many middle-income Saudis lived in Al-Suwaidi., Many people migrating from the rural areas went to Al-Suwaidi during the "oil boom" in the 1970s and early 1980s. Shaker Abu Taleb and Asharq Al-Awsat of the '' Arab News'' said in 2005 that the community "was originally beyond the capital's congestion; that is, however, no longer the case." Bradley said that Al-Suwaidi has a reputation "for being a bastion of strict Wahhabism" within the people living in Saudi Arabia. Bradley added that the men "hardly need incitement" to contrast their own lives with wealthy Saudi princes and foreigners. ...
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Al Urayja Sub-Municipality
Baladiyah al-Urayja (), also Al Urayja Sub-Municipality is a baladiyah and one of 14 sub-municipalities of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It includes 13 neighborhoods and districts and is responsible for their planning, development and maintenance.ملف PDF، الخدمات التسويقية لمنافذ التجزئة للخضار والفاكهة، إعداد إبراهيم بن محمد المناع-جامعة الملك سعود

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