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Ar Riyad is a province of Saudi Arabia, located in the centre of the country. It has an area of 412,000 km² and a population of 4,485,000 (1999). Its capital is Riyadh, the national capital. Other towns include Thadiq, ثادق,Al Majma'ah, Diriyah, Layla, As Sulayyil and 'Afif. Jump to: navigation, search Image File history File links Saudi_Arabia_-_Ar_Riyad_province_locator. ... Saudi Arabia is divided into 13 provinces (mintaqat, singular - mintaqah). ... Riyadh from space, April 1994 Ministry of the Interior Faisaliah Centre King Fahad Int. ... Jump to: navigation, search Thadiq is the capital city of Almahmal province, Saudi Arabia. ... Diriyah (also Ad-Diriyah or Ad-Dariyah) is a town in Saudi Arabia located outside of Riyadh in Ar Riyad Province. ... Layla, Saudi Arabia Layla is an ancient twon in AlAflaj region south to the capital Riyadh. ...



Provinces of Saudi Arabia Flag of Saudi Arabia
Al Bahah | Al Hudud ash Shamaliyah | Al Jawf | Al Madinah | Al Qasim | Ar Riyad |
Ash Sharqiyah | 'Asir | Ha'il | Jizan | Makkah | Najran | Tabuk

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Place:Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - Genealogy (507 words)
Riyadh (ar-Riyāḍ) is the capital of the kingdom of Saudi Arabia, located in Ar Riyad Province, Saudi Arabia in the Najd region.
It is situated in the centre of the Arabian peninsula on a large plateau and is home to over 4,700,000 people (around 20% of the nation's population) [1].
The other areas of concentrated population are two coastal areas - around Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and Mecca, Saudi Arabia on the Red Sea, and around Jubail, Saudi Arabia and Dhahran, Saudi Arabia on the Persian Gulf.
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