Al-Wisham () is a neighbourhood in
Riyadh,
Saudi Arabia, located west of
al-Futah and north of
Umm Sulaim
Umm Sulaim () is a subject of Baladiyah al-Shumaisi and a historical neighborhood within the erstwhile old city walls in southern Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Spread across 90 hectares, it shares borders with al-Wisham neighborhood to the north, ash-Shu ...
in the sub-municipality of
al-Shumaisi. The district emerged in the 1940s when
King Abdulaziz ibn Saud built palaces for his son,
Prince Mansour bin Abdulaziz
Mansour bin Abdulaziz Al Saud ( ar, منصور بن عبد العزيز آل سعود ''Manṣūr ibn ‘Abdul‘azīz Āl Su‘ūd''; 1921 – 2 May 1951) was a Saudi royal and politician who served as the defense minister of Saudi Arabia b ...
.
It was later incorporated into the capital metropolis during its multiple phases of expansion between 1950s and 1970s. It hosts the
Riyadh TV Tower
The Riyadh TV Tower in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia is a television tower located inside the premises of Saudi Ministry of Information. It was completed in 1978.
See also
*List of the tallest structures in Saudi Arabia
This is a list of the tallest ...
, one of the city's major landmarks.
References
Neighbourhoods in Riyadh
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