Riyadh (sau)

Riyadh

Riyadh ranks 222nd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Austria-Hungary, Liège, and Kinshasa. Memorable people born in Riyadh include Salman of Saudi Arabia, Osama bin Laden, and Ibn Saud. Memorable people who died in Riyadh include Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, Faisal of Saudi Arabia, and Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy. Riyadh has been the birth place of many soccer players, and politicians and the death place of many politicians, and writers. Riyadh is located in Saudi Arabia.

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 the 1950s as an offshoot of the 18th century walled town following the dismantling of its defensive fortifications. Read more on Wikipedia