RIJADH, SAUDI ARABIA

RIJADH IS THE CAPITAL OF THIS COUNTRY.  IT IS THE LARGEST CITY OF THE CAPITAL OF RIJADH PROVINCE.  IT BELONGS TO THE HISTORICAL REGIONS OF THIS AREA.  IT IS SITUATED AT THE CENTER OF RIJADH AND HAS THE LARGEST FEMALE UNIVERSITY IN THE WORLD.

THE HISTORY HERE IS THAT IT WAS FOUNDED BY A TRIBE CALLED BANU HENIFU.  AFTER 1866 THE CITY WENT INTO A PERIOD OF  DECLINE.  IT BECAME A CITY OF CANALS AND TREES WITH MOST LIVING IN BANIHANIFA

BY 1744 MUHAMMAD ALLIANCE WITH ANOTHER TOWN.  THE TOWN CAPITULATED TO THE SAUDI'S IN 1774 ENDING YEARS OF WAR.  BY 1800'S THEY CLASSIFIED IT AS HAVING A DESERT CLIMATE AND IT GETS VERY HOT HERE. (118 DEGREES IN THE SUMMER.  IT IS ARID AND IN MARCH THEY GET SOME RAIN.   IT HAS MANY DUST STORMS.  THE CITY HAS 130 DISTRICTS.  THEY HAVE SOME LUSH GARDENS.  THEIR ARCHITECTURE IS A MODEL FOR ALL ISLAM CITIES IN THE WORLD.  IT HAS A 19TH CENTURY FORT HERE THAT IS A MAJOR ATTRACTION.  THEY ALSO HAVE A MUSEUM OF HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY.  THERE ARE FEW REMNANTS OF THE ORIGINAL TOWN.  THERE ARE FEW MUD BRICK HOUSES FROM PREHISTORY.

RIJADAH TODAY IS THE 80TH WEALTHIEST CITIES IN THE WORLD.  THEY HAVE VERY MODERN ARCHITECTURE.  IT IS THE CAPITAL CITY FINANCIAL AND BUSINESS CENTER OF THE MIDDLE EAST. THE CITY HAS 43,000 MOSQUES.  APPARENTLY OIL EXPLORATION HAS MADE THEM QUITE WEALTHY.  THEY PUT IN A LARGE TOWER FOR HOLDING COMPANY MEETINGS IN THEIR BUSINESS DISTRICT.  IT WON A SKYSCRAPER AWARD.  THEY BUILT ANOTHER SKYSCRAPER AND CONSTRUCTED IT AS A METAL TOWER WITH A GOLDEN BALL ON THE TOP.  IT HAS A RESTAURANT AND A SHOPPING CENTER ON THE GROUND.  IT HAS  HOTELS ON BOTH SIDES.

A CASTLE WAS BUILT AROUND 1865 UNDER THE RULER.  BY 1902 A RULER FROM KUWAIT, KING SAUD, SUCCEEDED IN CAPTURING THE MASMAK FORTRESS.

THIS RESTORED SAUDI CENTRAL OVER RIDJADH.  THIS STORY IS RELATED  AS A MYTH.  THIS CITY HAS BECOME A COMMERCIAL HUB.  THE NUCLEUS OF THE CITY HAS BECOME REBUILT IN A STYLE MEANT TO EVOKE THE OLD MUD BRICK BUILDINGS. OF PREHISTORIC CITY.  SINCE OIL EXPLOITATION DAYS THE GOVERNMENT HAS PROMOTED GROWTH IN THE PRIVATE SECTION.  SAUDI ARABIA'S WEALTH HAS SHOWN MANT IMPROVEMENTS IN THIS CITY.IT HAS A GROUNDING DOWNTOWN AND CROWDS, ROADS ARE BUSY AND THEY HAVE SEVERAL AIRPORTS.  THE CITIES GROWTH HAS RAPIDLY INCREASED.
RIJADH TODAY IS THE 80TH  WEALTHIEST CITY IN THE WORLD.THEY HAVE VERY MODERN ARCHITECTURE.  IT IS THE CAPITAL CITY WITH THE FINANCIAL AND BUSINESS CENTER OF MIDDLE EAST.  THE CITY HAS 43,00 MOSQUES.  APPARENTLY OIL EXPLORATION HAS MADE THEM  QUITE WEALTHY.  THEY PUT IN A LARGE TOWER  FOR HOLDING A COMPANY MEETING IN THEIR BUSINESS DISTRICT.  IT WON  A SKYSCRAPER AWARD.  THEY BUILT ANOTHER SKYSCRAPER  AND CONSTRUCTED IT AS A METAL TOWER  WITH A GOLDEN BALLOON.ON THE TOP.  IT HAS A RESTAURANT AND A SHOPPING CENTER HERE.  ON THE GROUND LEVEL THEY HAVE HOTELS. 

A CASTLE WAS BUILT AROUND 1865 UNDER THE RULER.  BY 1902 A RULER FROM KUWAIT , KING SAUD SUCCEEDED IN CAPTURING THE MASMAK FORTRESS.  THIS RESTORED SAUDI CONTROL OVER RIDLADH.  THIS STORY IS RELATED AS A MYTH.

THEY HAVE 4,300 MOSQUES.  THEY LIKE TO EAT KABSA, A DISH OF RICE AND IT IS WITH MEAT, VEGETABLES AND SPICES.  THEY SPEAK ARABIC AS WELL.

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RIJADH TODAY IS THE 80TH  WEALTHIEST CITY IN THE WORLD.THEY HAVE VERY MODERN ARCHITECTURE.  IT IS THE CAPITAL CITY WITH THE FINANCIAL AND BUSINESS CENTER OF MIDDLE EAST.  THE CITY HAS 43,00 MOSQUES.  APPARENTLY OIL EXPLORATION HAS MADE THEM  QUITE WEALTHY.  THEY PUT IN A LARGE TOWER  FOR HOLDING A COMPANY MEETING IN THEIR BUSINESS DISTRICT.  IT WON  A SKYSCRAPER AWARD.  THEY BUILT ANOTHER SKYSCRAPER  AND CONSTRUCTED IT AS A METAL TOWER  WITH A GOLDEN BALLOON.ON THE TOP.  IT HAS A RESTAURANT AND A SHOPPING CENTER HERE.  ON THE GROUND LEVEL THEY HAVE HOTELS. 

A CASTLE WAS BUILT AROUND 1865 UNDER THE RULER.  BY 1902 A RULER FROM KUWAIT , KING SAUD SUCCEEDED IN CAPTURING THE MASMAK FORTRESS.  THIS RESTORED SAUDI CONTROL OVER RIDLADH.  THIS STORY IS RELATED AS A MYTH.