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Jalajil or Jolajil (Arabic: جلاجل) is a city in the
Sudair Sudair or Sudayr ( ar, سدير) is a historical region in Najd in the central of Saudi Arabia, and is located approximately 150 km north of the Saudi capital, Riyadh. The region lies in a valley directly to the east of the Tweig escarpment, ...
area,
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about , making it the List of Asian countries by area, fifth-largest country in Asia ...
. It is located north from
Riyadh Riyadh (, ar, الرياض, 'ar-Riyāḍ, lit.: 'The Gardens' Najdi pronunciation: ), formerly known as Hajr al-Yamamah, is the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia. It is also the capital of the Riyadh Province and the centre of the ...
(about 180 km) and around 45.29° - 25.41° The name Jalajil was taken from ”Jaljalah" (Arabic: جلجلة), which means trickling of water and its movement between the rocks of the valleys. Jalajil was mentioned by Yaqout Al-Hamawi in the Mu’jam Al-Buldan and said: “It is water that the Arabs bring down in the summer, as they usually do.” In the eleventh century it was one of the most powerful territory in Sudair region as mentioned by Abdullah bin Khamis.  In the Al-Yamamah dictionary, he said that Jalajil was established in the year 700 AH, which was the country of the emirate in the time of Sheikh Muhammad bin Abd al-Wahhab,  scholar of the third century AH. Populated places in Riyadh Province {{SaudiArabia-geo-stub