Al Kharj
Al-Kharj or Kharj is a governorate in Riyadh Province, Saudi Arabia. It is located 83 km southeast of the capital city, and has the second-largest population in the province.- Type: Locality with 425,000 residents
- Description: governorate in Saudi Arabia
- Also known as: “Al-Kharj”, “إقليم الخرج”, “محافظة السيح”, “مدينة الخرج العسكرية”, “منطقه الخرج”, “アル=ハルジ県”, “卡爾志”, “海尔季”, and “阿尔卡吉”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Al Kharj Tower.
Al Kharj
- Category: governorate of Saudi Arabia
- Location: Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
24.1554° or 24° 9′ 20″ north
Longitude
47.3346° or 47° 20′ 5″ east
Population
425,000
Elevation
438 metres (1,437 feet)
IATA airport code
AKH
UN/LOCODE
SA AKH
Open location code
7HP9584M+5R
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Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Al Kharj” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الخرج”
- Arabic: “محافظة الخرج”
- Catalan: “Al-Kharj”
- Cebuano: “Al Kharj”
- Chinese: “阿尔卡”
- Chinese: “阿爾卡”
- Chinese: “阿爾卡吉”
- Chinese: “阿爾卡吉縣”
- Dutch: “Al-Kharj”
- Egyptian Arabic: “الخرج”
- Esperanto: “Ĥarĝ”
- French: “Al Khardj”
- German: “al-Chardsch”
- German: “Al-Chardsch”
- Hebrew: “אל-ח’רג‘”
- Hindi: “अल ख़र्ज”
- Italian: “al kharj”
- Japanese: “アル・カルジ”
- Malayalam: “അൽ ഖർജ്”
- Mazanderani: “الخرج”
- Mingrelian: “ელ-ხარჯი”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Al Kharj”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Al-Kharj”
- Norwegian: “Al Kharj”
- Panjabi: “ਅਲ ਖ਼ਰਜ”
- Persian: “الخرج”
- Polish: “Al-Chardż”
- Russian: “Эль-Хардж”
- Spanish: “Al-Kharj”
- Tagalog: “Al Kharj”
- Turkish: “El-Harc”
- Ukrainian: “Ель-Хардж”
- Urdu: “الخرج”
- Vietnamese: “Al-Kharj”
- Waray (Philippines): “Al-Kharj”
- Western Panjabi: “الخرج”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: As Sulaymaniyah and Al-Yamama.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Al Kharj Heliport and Burqān al ‘Usaylāt.
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