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Riyadh Province
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province of Saudi Arabia
Riyadh Province is a region in Saudi Arabia that contains the country's capital and largest city, Riyadh. It is significant as the political, economic, and administrative center of Saudi Arabia, making it one of the most important areas in the country.
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- Instance of
- province of Saudi Arabia
- Official name
- منطقة الرياض
- Country
- Saudi Arabia
- Located in
- Saudi Arabia
- Contains
- Rimah governorate
- Capital
- Riyadh
- Population
- 2480401
- Area
- 412000
- Elevation
- 751
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Head of government
- Faisal bin Bandar Al Saud
- Shares border with
- Al-Qassim
- Official website
- www.riyadh.gov.sa
- Image
- Saudi Arabia.jpg
- Households
- 1153988
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The governorates of Riyadh Region
The Riyadh Province (Arabic: منطقة الرياض Manṭiqat ar-Riyāḍ) is a province of Saudi Arabia, located in the geographic center of the country and the center of the Arabian Peninsula. It has an area of 380,000 km (150,000 sq mi) and with a 2022 population of 8,591,748, it is the second-largest region by area, behind the Eastern Province and the largest by population. 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. The province was governed for nearly five decades by Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz from 1963 to 2011 shortly before he became the Crown Prince in 2012. Currently, it is governed by Prince Faisal bin Bandar.
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