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Ar-Riyad (Riyadh), the national capital and largest city of Saudi
Arabia, is one of the fastest-growing metropolises in the world. In the
past three decades, its population has seen a staggering seven-fold
increase, rising to 4.7 million people. Before the 1970s, this city,
located in the center of the Arabian Peninsula in the Nejd region,
lacked the power and influence of the coastal city of Jeddah. But with
the influx of oil money and the refining industry, its skyscrapers and
stature grew in tandem. It is now the educational, administrative,
financial, and transportation center of Saudi Arabia, spanning some 600
square miles and linked to other Saudi urban areas by a network of
highways.
Ar-Riyadh, around the Al Faisaliah Centre
Credit: Anthony
Makin
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