Riyadh
Capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia
Also known as Reyadh · AlRiyadh · Al-Riyadh · Al Riyadh · Ar-Riyadh
- Country
- Located in
- Population
- 7,009,100(2022)
- , 7,676,655(2017)
- , 6,125,180(2015)
- +6 more
- Area
- 1,798 km²
- Elevation
- 612 m
- Founded
- 1746
- Postal code
- 11564–12665
- Website
Overview
Over time
Dated values recorded in Wikidata, each with its own source
All data
116 statements · 25% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Capital of
- Saudi Arabia(since 1819) replaces: Diriyah · statement is subject of: Second Saudi State, Third Saudi State
- Riyadh Province
- Riyadh governorate
- Native label
- الرياض
- Demonym
- riyadien applies to part: masculine singular
- riyadienne applies to part: feminine singular
- Riadano
- Riyadhi
- الرِّيَاضِ transliteration or transcription: ar-Riyāḍi
- Riyadien applies to part: masculine singular
- Riyadienne applies to part: feminine singular
- Official name
- الرياض
1
- الرياض
- Hashtag
- Riyadh
- Number of viewers/listeners
- 511,983(December 6, 2025) youtube channel id: UCoN5ybCvXIuDLMqkaNzX_JA · youtube handle: riyadhcitysa
1
- 511,983(December 6, 2025) youtube channel id: UCoN5ybCvXIuDLMqkaNzX_JA · youtube handle: riyadhcitysa
On other databases
63 identifiers linking Riyadh across the web's reference databases
- ArchINFORM location ID1456
- BBC News topic IDc46zzgnqe2vt
- BBC Things ID01f77003-f9a7-4c2b-94c8-5da6f8ecffb0
- Curlie IDRegional/Middle_East/Saudi_Arabia/Localities/Riyadh/
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online IDplace/Riyadh
- Encyclopædia Universalis IDriyad-riyadh
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)NKS5Z
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)317372
- Facebook location ID106183886087178
- Facebook usernameRiyadhCitySA
- FactGrid item IDQ1059749
- FAST ID1207249
- Freebase ID/m/0dlm_
- GeoNames ID108410
- GND ID4015384-8
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana IDriyad
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)0513589
- Great Norwegian Encyclopedia IDRiyadh
- Great Russian Encyclopedia portal IDer-riiad-dd264f
- Grove Art Online IDT072326
- Gynopedia IDRiyadh
- ICPSR Geographic Names Thesaurus ID30852
- IdRef ID026637766
- Instagram usernameriyadhcitysa
- Interlingual Index IDi83947
- J9U entity ID987007557248505171
- Larousse IDville/wd/141130
- Lex IDRiyadh
- Library of Congress Authorities IDn79151236
- Libris-URIljx0zzx42x4hmhn
- MusicBrainz area IDfb5b7e24-27c2-4b57-a95b-563eb90c4006
- National Library of Latvia ID000338793
- National Library of Spain SpMaBN IDXX6073345
- NE.se IDriyadh
- NL CR AUT IDge632068
- OmegaWiki Defined Meaning460396
- Online PWN Encyclopedia ID3967870
- OpenStreetMap node ID315358390
- OpenWeatherMap city ID108410
- Quora topic IDRiyadh-Saudi-Arabia
- Snapchat usernameriyadhcitysa
- SNARC IDQ1469
- SubredditRiyadh
- SVKKL authority ID0379607-Rijad-Saudska-Arabie
- TDV Encyclopedia of Islam IDriyad
- Treccani IDriyad
- Tripadvisor ID293995
- U.S. National Archives Identifier10044894
- UN/LOCODESARUH
- VIAF cluster ID141887182
- Vikidia article IDfr:Riyad
- Wellcome Collection concept IDbp8fduax
- Who's on First ID421204501
- WikiKids IDRiyad_(stad)
- WOEID1939753
- WordNet 3.1 Synset ID09016241-n
- World Historical Gazetteer place ID12345930
- WorldCat Entities IDE39PBJv8DJk88RqJvp4YrgXw4q
- X (Twitter) usernameRiyadhCitySA
- Yale LUX IDplace/379137bc-2251-4f74-aa9b-94bd075834b6
- YouTube channel IDUCoN5ybCvXIuDLMqkaNzX_JA
- YouTube handleriyadhcitysa
- YSO ID508405
