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Al Batʼha Sub-Municipality
Al-Batʼha Sub-Municipality (), is one of the 16 ''baladiyahs'' of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It includes the neighbourhoods of ad-Dirah and Margab, two of the five districts that partially form part of the al-Batʼha commercial area and as well as Manfuhah, al-Mansourah, al-Khalidiyyah and parts of Sinaiyah Qadeem. It was named after Wadi al-Batha and was made into a municipal division (baladiyah) in 1977 during the reign of King Khalid. Neighbourhoods and sub-districts Baladiyah al-Batha consists of several neighbourhoods and sub-districts, which are: * al-Dubiyah * Mikal * Jabrah * al-Manfuhah * Manfuhah al-Jadidah * al-Yamamah * Sinaiyah Qadeem (partially) * Al Bateha * Ghubaira * al-Khalidiyyah * al-Salhiyah * al-Marqab * al-Qiri * al-Wusaita * al-Faisaliyyah * al-Mansourah (partially) * al-Salam * Utaiqah * ad-Dirah * Al Oud Al-Owd (), alternatively transliterated as al-Oud or al-ʼUd, is a former village and a residential neighborhood in Riyadh, Riya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Batʼha (Riyadh)
Al-Batʼha (), also simply romanized as Batha, is a colloquial umbrella term used for the partial agglomeration of six neighborhoods in downtown Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, that are primarily situated along the al-Batʼha Street on the either edge of the now-dried up stream of Wadi al-Batʼha, located between al-Murabba and the Qasr al-Hukm District. It is one of the oldest commercial districts in Riyadh and the financial nerve center of the city's downtown area, covering east of al-Futah and al-Dirah whereas west of al-Amal, Margab, Thulaim and to some extent, al-Oud. It emerged in the 1940s as Hillat al-Kuwaitiyyah () during World War II when a number of Kuwaiti merchants and traders chose to set up an auction market just outside the northeastern fringes of the erstwhile walled town. Besides being a open-air marketplace that hosts a number of large and medium-scale trading centers, the surrounding locality has been the heart of the city's Bangladeshi community since the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |