Al Owd
Al-Owd, alternatively transliterated as al-Oud or al-ʼUd, is a former village and a residential neighborhood in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, located south of Margab and west of al-Salhiyah in the sub-municipality of al-Batha.Places of Interest
Highlights include Al Oud cemetery and Al Masmak Palace.
Al Oud cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Hamza A. Durrani, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Al Oud Cemetery is a public cemetery in the al-Owd neighbourhood of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, known for being the resting place of several members of the Saudi royal family.
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.
Deera Square
Square
Photo: BroadArrow, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Deera Square, also known as Justice Square, Safa Square or informally as Chop-Chop Square, is a public space in the Ad-Dirah neighborhood of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Al-Dubiyah and Riyadh.
Al-Dubiyah
Neighborhood
Al-Dubiyah, pronounced as ad-Dubiyah, is a subject of Baladiyah al-Batha and one of the oldest neighborhoods of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, located between Mikal and as-Salam.
Riyadh
Riyadh is the capital of Saudi Arabia, slightly east of the center of the country in the heart of the Tuwaig escarpment.
Al Owd
- Type: Neighborhood
- Also known as: “Al ‘Ūd”, “Al `Ud”, “Al Ud”, and “Al Ūd, Al Ud”
- Category: locality
- Location: Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
24.627° or 24° 37′ 37″ northLongitude
46.72661° or 46° 43′ 36″ eastElevation
583 metres (1,913 feet)Open location code
7HP8JPGG+RJOpenStreetMap ID
node 1236703661OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodGeoNames ID
448629
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