Ushaiger
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Vinony's link graph records 28 inbound references to Ushaiger, and connects out to province of Saudi Arabia, Iran and Iraq.
It is catalogued under the topic Populated places in Riyadh Province.
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Place details
- Locality
- محافظة شقراء
- Region
- منطقة الرياض
- Country
- السعودية
- Population
- 0
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- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Saudi Arabia
- Located in
- Riyadh Province
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
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Ushaiqer (Arabic: أشيقر) is a small village near Shaqra in Saudi Arabia. It is north-west of Riyadh.
Ushaiqer is one of the oldest towns in the Saudi region of Najd and it was a major stopping point for pilgrims coming from Kuwait, Iraq and Iran to perform Hajj or Umrah. It was originally known as A'ekel but the name was eventually changed to Ushaiqer. It was changed because the town is bordered by a small mountain north of the village. The mountain is red in color, yet locals said it was blonde simply because red and blonde were used interchangeably in the old days. Ushaiqer means the "Small Blonde", which is a description of that particular mountain.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ushaiger” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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