Riyadh | History, Population, Climate, Facts | Britannica
Riyadh, city and capital of Saudi Arabia. The city is loed in the Minṭaqat AlRiyāḍ, one of the country's 13 provinces, and is situated in the central portions of both the country and the larger Arabian of the world's cities have transformed as rapidly as Riyadh, which grew from a small, fortified desert village in the 17th century into a modern metropolis of several ...