Al Fakhiriyah
Al Fakhiriyah is a suburb in Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia. Al Fakhiriyah is situated nearby to the suburb An Nasiriyah, as well as near `Ulayshah.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Al Masmak Palace and Riyadh TV Tower.
Al Masmak Palace
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Al Masmak Palace, also called the Masmak Fortress or Masmak Fort, is a historic clay and mudbrick fort in the ad-Dirah neighborhood of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, located in close proximity to the al-Hukm Palace in the Qasr al-Hukm District. Al Masmak Palace is situated 3½ km east of Al Fakhiriyah.
Riyadh TV Tower
Tower
Photo: Ammar shaker, Public domain.
Riyadh TV Tower is a 170-meter-high television tower located in the al-Wisham neighborhood of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It was built from 1978 to 1981 and surpassed the Riyadh Water Tower as the tallest building in Saudi Arabia.
Al-Watan Park
Theme park
Al-Watan Park, also known as the Water Tower Park, is a 2.9 hectares municipal park that encircles the Riyadh Water Tower and is one of the eight municipal parks and gardens that constitute the King Abdulaziz Historical Centre in al-Fouta neighborhood of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Al-Watan Park is situated 3 km east of Al Fakhiriyah.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Riyadh and Diplomatic Quarter.
Riyadh
Riyadh is the capital of Saudi Arabia, slightly east of the center of the country in the heart of the Tuwaig escarpment.
Diplomatic Quarter
Neighborhood
The Diplomatic Quarter, also known by its Arabic name as-Safarat, is a diplomatic enclave and an affluent residential district in northwestern Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, situated in close proximity to Irqah. Diplomatic Quarter is situated 7 km northwest of Al Fakhiriyah.
Al Fakhiriyah
- Type: Suburb
- Also known as: “Al Fākhirīyah”, “Al Fakhriyah”, and “Al Fakhrīyah”
- Category: locality
- Location: Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
24.64235° or 24° 38′ 33″ northLongitude
46.6826° or 46° 40′ 57″ eastElevation
617 metres (2,024 feet)Open location code
7HP8JMRM+W2OpenStreetMap ID
node 1236703654OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
400688
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to German—“Al Fakhiriyah” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الفاخرية”
- French: “Al Fakhiriyah”
- German: “Al Fakhiriyah”
Localities in the Area
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