Riyadh Region

The Riyadh Province (Arabic: منطقة الرياض‎ Mantiqat ar Riyāḍ pronounced [ʔɑrːijɑːdˤ]) is a province o Saudi Arabie, cried ( Al-Wosta) an aw, locatit in the centre o the kintra. It haes an aurie o 412,000 km² an a population o 5,455,363 (2004), makin it the seicont lairgest province in terms o baith aurie (ahint the Eastren Province) an population (ahint Makkah Province). Its caipital is the ceity o Riyadh, which is the naitional caipital an aw.

Map o Saudi Arabie wi Riyadh heichlichtit

Demographics

Mair nor 75% o the population of the province resides athin Riyadh. Accordin tae the 2004 census, 1,728,840 o the province's population is non-Saudi (approximately 31%), wi 1,444,500 o those livin athin the provincial caipital, Riyadh.

Govrenorates

In addition tae the Municipality o Riyadh, the province is dividit into 19 govrenorates (muhafazat) an 1 sub-govrenorate (markaz):

• Dir'iyyah
• Al-Kharj
• Al-Muzahmiyyah
• Dhruma
• Shagra
• Al Majma'ah
• al-Ghat
• al-Zilfi
• Rumah
• 'Afif
• al-Duwadmi
• Huraymla
• Thadig
• Hotat Bani Tamim
• al-Hareeg
• al-Gway'iyyah
• al-Aflaj
• al-Sulayyil
• Wadi ad-Dawasir
• The sub-govrenorate (markaz) o Marat, which is tee'd directly tae the Municipality o Riyadh.

Destricts

• Al-Suwaidi

Al-Olaya Al-Mursalat Al-Maseef Al-woroud

Modren History o Riyadh Province an Saudi Arabie

Period	frae	tae	Timeline
First Saudi State	1744	1818	74 years
Khedewian Invasion	1818	1824	6 years
Seicont Saudi State "first period"	1824	1838	14 years
Khedewian Invasion "seicontlie"	1838	1843	5 years
Seicont Saudi State "seicont period"	1843	1865	22 years
Ceevil War	1865	1887	22 years
(Conquests o Abdul Aziz Al-Saud "he began tae Riyadh") Third Saudi State	1902	1932	30 years
(End o Conquests) "Kinrick o Saudi Arabie"	1932	....	...

Govrenment

• Govrenor Prince Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud
• Deputy Govrenor Prince Sattam bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud

Freemit airtins

• Riyadh Principality Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine
• Riyadh Principality Archived 2020-11-29 at the Wayback Machine (in Arabic)
• A travel through the province of Riyadh, A travel steid wi photos an routes
• Offeecial Saudi census figures frae 2004: [1] Archived 2008-01-03 at the Wayback Machine [2] Archived 2008-01-03 at the Wayback Machine