Al-Watan Park (), also known as the Water Tower Park, is a 2.9 hectares

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that encircles the Riyadh Water Tower and is one of the eight municipal parks and gardens that constitute the King Abdulaziz Historical Centre in al-Fouta neighborhood of

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. Inaugurated in December 2005 by then Riyadh governor

Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (; born 31 December 1935) has been King of Saudi Arabia since 2015, and was Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia from 2015 to 2022. He is the 25th son of King Abdulaziz, the founder of Saudi Arabia. He assumed the thron ...

, it is also popular for its large iconic model resembling the map of the

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besides canals and waterfalls that surround the water tower.

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