Riyadh Province

Province of Riyadh منطقة الرياض
Province
Skyline of Riyadh in the late 2010’s
Map of Saudi Arabia with Riyadh highlighted
Coordinates: 23°0′N 45°30′E / 23.000°N 45.500°E / 23.000; 45.500Coordinates: 23°0′N 45°30′E / 23.000°N 45.500°E / 23.000; 45.500
Country	Saudi Arabia
Capital	Riyadh
Boroughs	20
Government
• Governor	Faisal bin Bandar Al Saud
• Deputy Governor	Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Abdulaziz
Area
• Total	404,240 km2 (156,080 sq mi)
Population  (2017 census)
• Total	8,216,284
• Density	20/km2 (53/sq mi)
ISO 3166-2	01
Website	www.riyadh.gov.sa

The governorates of Riyadh Region

The Riyadh Region (Arabic: منطقة الرياض‎ Manṭiqat ar-Riyāḍ), also known as the Riyadh Province, and officially the Emirate of Riyadh Province, is a region of Saudi Arabia, located in the geographic center of the country. It has an area of 404,240 km² (156,080 sq mi) and with a 2017 population of 8,216,284,^[1] it is the second-largest region by both area and population, behind the Eastern Province and Mecca Region respectively. The capital governorate of the province is the Riyadh Governorate and it is named after the capital of the kingdom, Riyadh, which is the most populous city in the region and the kingdom, with a little less than two-thirds of the population of the region residing within the city.

Other populous cities in the region include Al Ghat, Zulfi and Majma'ah. Approximately half of the region's area is desert, and it only borders other regions of the kingdom; it has no international borders. The region borders, clockwise from the north, the Eastern Province, Najran Region, 'Asir Region, Mecca Region, Medina Region and the Al-Qassim Region. It is one of the 7 regions of the kingdom that do not have a coastline.

Population[]

Population development since 1992:

Subdivisions[]

In addition to the Municipality of Riyadh, the region is divided into 19 governorates (muhafazat) and 1 sub-governorate (markaz):

• Layla
• 'Afif
• al-Duwadmi
• al-Ghat
• al-Gway'iyyah
• al-Hareeg
• Al Kharj
• Al Majma'ah
• Al-Muzahmiyyah
• al-Sulayyil
• Dhruma
• Dir'iyyah
• Hotat Bani Tamim
• Huraymila
• Rimah
• Shagra
• Thadig
• Wadi ad-Dawasir
• Zulfy City
• The sub-governorate (markaz) of , which is tied directly to the Municipality of Riyadh.
• Yabrin

Modern history of Riyadh Province and Saudi Arabia[]

List of governors[]

References[]

External links[]

• Official website (in Arabic)
• "Official website". (in English)
• "Riyadh Province". Splendid Arabia. Travel.
• Central Department of Statistics and Information (CDSI), official Saudi census figures from 2004:
  • "Distribution of Population in the Kingdom's Administrative Regions by Gender and Nationality (Saudis, Non-Saudis)". Archived from the original on 3 January 2008.
  • "Distribution of Population in the Governorates of the Kingdom by Sex and Nationality (Saudis, Non-Saudis)". (CDSI). Archived from the original on 3 January 2008.