Al-Khalidiyyah ( ar, حي الخالدية, translit=ḥaī al-Khālidīyah), is a low-income residential neighborhood in southeastern
Riyadh
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,
Saudi Arabia
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, located south of
as-Sinaiyah and west of
al-Faisaliyyah in the sub-municipality of
al-Batʼha. It emerged as an offshoot of the settlement of al-Anouz () and was renamed in the 1980s after
King Khalid bin Abdulaziz
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 ...
. It is today inhabited mostly by overseas
Indian
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,
Pakistani,
Bangladeshi
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and
Yemeni
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migrant workers and their families.
Covering an area of 950 acres, it is bordered between Ali Ibn Abi Talib Road to the east, Al Kharj Road to the west and Southern Ring Road to the south. The locality is also known for serving several schools and health centers for nearby districts besides being unpopular among residents for its seasonal power outages. The
al-Khalidiya Park is also located in the southernmost extreme of the neighborhood. Since the late 1980s, the
High Commission for the Development of Riyadh has implemented a series of projects in the neighborhood in order to reduce the groundwater levels.
Gallery
File:Abdul Rahman ibn Ibrahim Abu Hameed Mosque.jpg, Abdul Rahman ibn Ibrahim Abu Hameed Mosque in 2023, the primary landmark of the neighbourhood
File:Al Khalidiyyah alleyway.jpg, An alleyway in the al-Khalidiyyah neighbourhood
File:Al Khalidiyyah Park, Riyadh.jpg, Al-Khalidiyah Park, 2023
References
Neighbourhoods in Riyadh
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