Al Wisham
Al Wisham is a suburb in Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia. Al Wisham is situated nearby to the suburb Umm Sulaim, as well as near Al Futah.Places of Interest
Highlights include Riyadh TV Tower and Al Masmak Palace.
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 1975 to 1982 and surpassed the Riyadh Water Tower as the tallest building in Saudi Arabia.
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 Umm Sulaim and Riyadh.
Umm Sulaim
Suburb
Umm Sulaim is a historic neighbourhood in southern Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, located south of al-Wisham and west of ad-Dirah in the sub-municipality of al-Shumaisi.
Riyadh
Riyadh is the capital of Saudi Arabia, slightly east of the center of the country in the heart of the Tuwaig escarpment.
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. Al-Dubiyah is situated 2½ km southeast of Al Wisham.
Al Wisham
- Type: Suburb
- Also known as: “Al Washam” and “Al Wishām”
- Category: locality
- Location: Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
24.64151° or 24° 38′ 29″ northLongitude
46.69803° or 46° 41′ 53″ eastElevation
622 metres (2,041 feet)Open location code
7HP8JMRX+J6OpenStreetMap ID
node 1236703628OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
448633
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to German—“Al Wisham” goes by many names.
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