Al-Aflaj Governorate is one of the 22 governorates of
Riyadh Province
The Riyadh Province ( '), is a province of Saudi Arabia, located in the geographic center of the country and the center of the Arabian Peninsula. It has an area of and with a 2022 population of 8,591,748, it is the second-largest region by ar ...
,
Saudi Arabia
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, and its base is
Layla city. Al-Aflaj is located more than 300 km away from the capital
Riyadh
Riyadh is the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia. It is also the capital of the Riyadh Province and the centre of the Riyadh Governorate. Located on the eastern bank of Wadi Hanifa, the current form of the metropolis largely emerged in th ...
, it has a number of agricultural villages on the mountain of
Tuwayq (formerly Al-Arida mountain) from its eastern foot to the western edge.
Location
Al-Aflaj is located in
Riyadh region with an area of 54,120 square km,
a road passes through it that connects Riyadh (Saudi Arabia's Capital) to
'Asir region
Asir, officially the Aseer Province, is a province of Saudi Arabia in southern Arabia. It has an area of , and an estimated population of 2,024,285 (in 2022). Asir is bounded by the Mecca Province to the north and west, al-Bahah Province to the ...
in the south and the base of Al-Aflaj (Layla city) 300 km away from Riyadh. In the north, there is
Hotat Bani Tamim,
Al-H̨arīq in the northwest,
Al-Kharj
Kharj () is a List of governorates of Saudi Arabia, governorate in central Saudi Arabia. It is one of the important governorates in Saudi Arabia. Located southeast of the capital, Riyadh, it covers an area of 7640 mi2 (19,790 km2) and has a popu ...
in the northeast,
Al-Quwaia in the west,
As Sulayyil in the south and the eastern area in the east. It's located between 45.20 degree and 23.15 north of the equator, and between the Longitude 45.15 degree and 48.12 Latitude east of Greenwich.
Administrative divisions
Villages
* Al-Badie north
* Al-Badie south
* Al-Hadar
* Al-Ahmar
* Wassit
* Al-Ghayl
* Setara
* Harada
* Sayh
* Al-Fuwaydilah
* Al-Amar
* Al-Kharfa
* Al-Rawdah
* Al-Saghw
* Al-Niyabah
* Suwaydan
* Al-Raziqia
* Marwan
* Al-Ajaliya
* Al-Amar
* Al-Juwayfa
*Al-Roshoud
References
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Populated places in Riyadh Province
Governorates of Saudi Arabia