Dawadmi or Ad Dawadimi ( ar, الدوادمي) is a town in
Riyadh Province,
Saudi Arabia. Google Maps spells the name as Al Duwadimi. As of the 2004 census it had a population of 53,071 people. The town is mostly inhabited by the tribe of Banu 'Utaybah.
It is located on top of
Najd
Najd ( ar, نَجْدٌ, ), or the Nejd, forms the geographic center of Saudi Arabia, accounting for about a third of the country's modern population and, since the Emirate of Diriyah, acting as the base for all unification campaigns by the H ...
hill, the central area of Saudi Arabia. It is about west of
Riyadh.
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" '' CNN''. January 10, 2013. Retrieved on January 10, 2013. By road, is located by road west of Riyadh.
In April 2003, the new airport in the city was inaugurated by the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia. King Abdulaziz palace is a landmark of the city and there is an ongoing rehabilitation project to protect it.
Missile Production near al Duwadimi
According to research at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies, in California, a facility near al Duwadimi is operating a "burn pit" to dispose of solid-propellent leftover from production of ballistic missiles. On Dec 23, 2021, in an article by Zachary Cohen, CNN published satellite images of the site.
Climate
See also
* List of cities and towns in Saudi Arabia
The following is a list of cities and towns in Saudi Arabia.
Alphabetical list of cities and towns
References
Central Department of Statistics and Information
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Lists of cities by country, Saudi Arabia, List of ...
*Regions of Saudi Arabia
The Provinces of Saudi Arabia, also known as Regions, and officially the Emirates of the Provinces of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (), are the 13 first-level administrative divisions of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
History
After the unification ...
*Dawadmi Domestic Airport
Dawadmi Airport ( ar, مطار الدوادمي , ), also known as Dawadmi Domestic Airport ( ar, مطار الدوادمي المحلي), is an airport serving Dawadmi, a city in the Riyadh province in Saudi Arabia. The airport was established in ...
References
Populated places in Riyadh Province
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