Buraidah
| Buraydah بريدة |
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 Buraydah
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| Coordinates: 26°20′N 43°58′E / 26.333°N 43.967°E | |
| Country |  Saudi Arabia |
| Province | Al Qassim Province |
| Government | |
| • Tory | Faisal bin Bandar |
| • four saudian people kingdom | |
| Area | |
| • City | 1,291 km2 (498.3 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,290.6 km2 (498.3 sq mi) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • City | 467,310 |
| Time zone | EAT (UTC+3) |
| Website | [1] |
Buraydah (Arabic: بريدة Burayda) is the capital of Al-Qassim Province in northcentral Saudi Arabia in the heart of the Arabian peninsula. Buraydah lies equidistant from the Red Sea to the west and the Persian Gulf to the east. It has a population of 609,000 (2010 census).
Buraydah, the regional capital of Al-Qassim Province, is located on the edge of the Wadi Al-Rummah. Buraydah has a typical desert climate, with hot summers, cold winters and low humidity.
In Buraydah, agriculture is still the cornerstone of the economy. The traditional oasis products of dates, lemon, orange and other fruits are still important. Modern introduction of wheat production has become so successful that Buraydah is one of the largest producers in the kingdom, important in making Saudi Arabia a net exporter of cereal.
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[edit] Notable landmarks
- Museum of Buraydah: there is in the way of King Abdul Aziz Center next to King Khaled Beridp civilization, and there are days devoted to families and day for young people, and it recognizes the visitor to the area's heritage from all different aspects of life.
- Market trades and handicrafts
- Garden and the Park Khalid King: the vicinity of the Museum, a major Buraydah gardens open to visitors every day and in meetings and places for children is innocent and is in the summer, the administration of the summer activities for families and children.
- Buraydah , a water tower: and opened to visitors in the summer (festival).
- Alaieri resort: in the north of the northern town of Buraydah ring, a number of chalets.
- Gulf Park entertainment: located in West Buraydah on the Western Ring Road and the chalets and a large swimming pool and places to sit and play electronic games.
[edit] Roads and Transport
Linking the city of Buraydah in Riyadh highway is 317 kilometers long, linking the city's Medina as a highway, 450 km and a highway linking Hail length of 250 kilometers and is surrounded by a ring road Between the major tunnel, as a highway linking it (international) up to the border with Jordan, through a single region of Mecca, as a dual network of roads linking it with the rest of the provinces Qassim. The historic city of Buraydah is one of the old pilgrim routes coming from Iraq through a Zubaydh.Buraydah is proposed to be served by a new railway line. Qassim Regional Airport is the city's principal airport which is connected to several domestic cities and internatioanl cities such as Duabi and Cairo. Last calculable from endowments Buraidah .. Mosques of the Endowment is the 1770 mosque. As they drove out many of the scholars, sheikhs, including Sheikh Suleiman Al-Alwan Abdul Karim Hamid Sheikh Mohammed bin Nasser Al Aboudi and Sheikh Omar Bin Sulayem and Sheikh Suleiman Bin Abdul Rahman Al-Omari in front of the preacher of the Prophet's Mosque, Sheikh Saleh Alpeleta and Sheikh Abdulkarim bin Abdulrahman Al-Fida (older imam of a mosque in the region) and Sheikh Saleh Fawzan, Sheikh Saleh Bin Humaid and Sheikh Saleh bin Abdul Rahman Mahimid and Sheikh Abdul Rahman bin Abdul Aziz College, Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Saleh Al-Hameed and Sheikh Abdul Karim Khadir and Sheikh Saleh Akherisa and Sheikh Hamoud Alakla Shuaibi and Sheikh Abdul Aziz Saleh mind and Sheikh Sulaiman bin Mohammed Al Moosa and Sheikh d. Nasser Age and Sheikh d. and Sheikh Salman returns d. Abdul Aziz and Sheikh Fawzan d. Rashudi Waleed and Sheikh Abdullah bin Saleh and Sheikh Mohammed Gamas way - and others. Abu Al-Olayan out of the town of Bani Tamim Thermda in the wars that took place there and they lived Dharah, and their leader at the time (Rashid Alduraibi) The family of water Buraidah Hazal and bought them Rashid and old and gone to live with him, and he and the 985 AH.
[edit] Population
The city has experienced very high rates of population growth. Its officially counted population in the city limits in 2010 was 467,410.[1].
| Year | Population |
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| 1888 | 10,000 |
| 1935 | 35,000 |
| 1960 | 45,000 |
| 1970 | 56,000 |
| 1972 | 60,000 |
| 1974 | 69,000 |
| 1988 | 210,000 |
| 1993 | 248,000 |
| 2004 | 505,000 |
| 2010 | 609,000 |
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Coordinates: 26°20′N 43°58′E / 26.333°N 43.967°E
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