Riyadh (sau)

Riyadh

Riyadh ranks 241st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Nottingham, Salt Lake City, and Richmond, Virginia. Memorable people born in Riyadh include Salman of Saudi Arabia, Osama bin Laden, and Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. Memorable people who died in Riyadh include Abdul Rahman bin Faisal Al Saud, Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy, and Nimr al-Nimr. 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. The current form of the metropolis emerged as an offshoot of the eponymous walled town following the dismantling of its defensive fortifications in the 1950s, after which the city underwent several phases of expansion and urbanization. Read more on Wikipedia