Riyadh Province

Riad
Basic data
Country	Saudi Arabia
Capital	Riad
surface	404,240 km²
Residents	7,910,864 (2015)
density	20 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	SA-01
politics
governor	Faisal ibn Bandar Al Saud

Coordinates: 23 °  N , 46 °  E

Administrative division in 20 governorates

Riyadh ( Arabic الرياض, DMG ar-Riyāḍ ) is a province ( Arabic منطقة إدارية mintaqa idariyya ) in Saudi Arabia , which is located in the center of the country ( Najd ). It is the southernmost and largest of the three provinces of the Najd. It has an area of ​​404,240 km² and a population of over 7.9 million. The population density is around 20 inhabitants / km². The capital of the province is Riyadh , which is also the capital of Saudi Arabia. Other well-known cities are al-Khardsch , Wadi ad-Dawasir , Dawadimi , az-Zulfi , al-Madschmaʿa , ad-Dirʿiyya , Layla , as-Sulayyil and Afif .

The original inhabitants were almost exclusively Arabs . Today 90% of the population are of Arab descent, either native Saudis or people from the Arab region, primarily Egyptians, Jordanians, Palestinians, Syrians and Lebanese. The remaining ten percent are mostly of African or Asian descent.

In ancient times , the area was more steppe than desert , there were significantly more oases and settlement centers than today, which made nomadic pasture farming possible. Because of the desert climate, the province is now habitable only in the existing oases. Important branches of the economy are the manufacture of building materials, the food industry and the petroleum processing industry.

Administrative division

The province of Riyadh is divided into 20 governorates ( Arabic محافظات muḥāfaẓāt ).

Governorate (muhafaza)	Arabic	Area km²	Population 9/15/2004	Population April 28, 2010
ad-Dirʿiyya	الدرعية	1,303	60,860	73,668
ad-Dawadimi	الدوادمي	27,872	190,432	217,305
ʿAfif	عفيف	25,384	68,678	77,978
al-Aflaj	الافلاج	51.161	60,077	68.201
al-Ghat	الغاط	1,809	10,269	14,405
al-Hariq	الحريق	5,145	13,488	14,750
al-Khardj	الخرج	17,241	323,597	376.325
al-Majmaʿa	المجمعة	24,304	111,668	133,285
al-Muzahimiyya	المزاحمية	5,338	35,942	39,865
al-Quwayʿiyya	القويعية	51,603	106,690	126.161
ar-Riyadh	الرياض	12,557	4,138,329	5,254,560
as-Sulayyil	السليل	59,272	34,999	36,383
az-Zulfi	الزلفي	5,371	62,980	69,294
Duruma	ضرما	2,401	19,706	24,429
Hawtat Bani Tamim	حوطة بني تميم	7,510	39,834	43,300
Huraymila	حريملاء	3,507	12,645	15,324
Rumah	رماح	19,073	25,387	28,055
Shaqra	شقراء	5,001	34,725	40,541
Thadiq	ثادق	3,950	15,253	17,165
Wadi ad-Dawasir	وادي الدواسر	45,748	92.714	106.152
Riyadh Province	الرياض	404.240	5,458,273	6,777,146

Web links

Commons : Province of Riyadh  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website

Individual evidence

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