Al Aziziyah (Riyadh)

Al-Aziziyah

حي العزيزية
Al-Aziziyah حي العزيزية
Neighbourhood
	Al Aziziyah, 2023
	Coordinates: 24°35′8″N 46°46′23″E / 24.58556°N 46.77306°E / 24.58556; 46.77306
Country	Saudi Arabia
City	Riyadh
Named for	Abdulaziz ibn Saud
Government
• Body	Baladiyah Al Aziziya
Language
• Official	Arabic

Al-Aziziyah (Arabic: العزيزية, romanized: al-ʿAzīzīyyah), alternatively transliterated as al-Aziziah, is a residential neighborhood in southern Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and the seat of the eponymous sub-municipality, al-Aziziya.^[1] Covering an area of 500 acres,^[2] it was established in the 1960s by Saudi businessman Saleh bin Abdul Wahab al-Sanea,^[3] who later named the neighborhood after King Abdulaziz ibn Saud. The neighborhood It is popular for its animal sale yards and wet markets.^[4]

Pollution

In 2013, Okaz reported that al-Aziziyah district is facing all kinds of pollution from three directions, the cement factory, slaughterhouses and sewages^[5] and was dubbed as the "nest of nests" of environmental pollution.^[6]

Traffic and transportation

According to Al Riyadh in 2013, residents in al-Aziziyah complained of regular traffic congestion due to overcrowding of trucks and other cargo vehicles.^[7]

It hosts the Al Aziziyah bus stop, which was established around 2001.^[8]

Gallery

Nesto Hypermarket Gardenia Mall, 2023
Al Shabab Street, 2023
Aziziah bus stop, 2023

References

^ "الإدارة العامة للنظافة". archive.is. 2015-04-19. Archived from the original on 2015-04-19. Retrieved 2021-10-11.
^ "حي العزيزية في الرياض". مدونة عقار (in Arabic). 2021-04-05. Retrieved 2021-10-11.
^ "رتبها". rattibha.com. Retrieved 2023-06-25.
^ "أصحاب مطابخ يتظلمون ضد احتكار مسلخ العزيزية استقبال ذبائحهم". صحيفة الاقتصادية (in Arabic). 2009-05-01. Retrieved 2021-10-11.
^ الحذيفي (الرياض), أحمد (2013-03-22). "العزيزية في مرمى التلوث البيئي من 3 جهات". Okaz (in Arabic). Retrieved 2021-10-11.
^ ""بلدي الرياض": سوق أغنام العزيزية تحت النظر". 2013-10-31. Archived from the original on 2013-10-31. Retrieved 2021-10-11.
^ "العمالة السائبة وتكدّس الشاحنات تشوه حي العزيزية". Al Riyadh. 2013-01-06. Archived from the original on 2021-10-28. Retrieved 2021-10-11.
^ "Confusion, chaos reign at Riyadh's new bus terminal". Arab News. 2001-12-06. Retrieved 2023-11-30.

[1] "الإدارة العامة للنظافة". archive.is. 2015-04-19. Archived from the original on 2015-04-19. Retrieved 2021-10-11.

[2] "حي العزيزية في الرياض". مدونة عقار (in Arabic). 2021-04-05. Retrieved 2021-10-11.

[3] "رتبها". rattibha.com. Retrieved 2023-06-25.

[4] "أصحاب مطابخ يتظلمون ضد احتكار مسلخ العزيزية استقبال ذبائحهم". صحيفة الاقتصادية (in Arabic). 2009-05-01. Retrieved 2021-10-11.

[5] الحذيفي (الرياض), أحمد (2013-03-22). "العزيزية في مرمى التلوث البيئي من 3 جهات". Okaz (in Arabic). Retrieved 2021-10-11.

[6] ""بلدي الرياض": سوق أغنام العزيزية تحت النظر". 2013-10-31. Archived from the original on 2013-10-31. Retrieved 2021-10-11.

[7] "العمالة السائبة وتكدّس الشاحنات تشوه حي العزيزية". Al Riyadh. 2013-01-06. Archived from the original on 2021-10-28. Retrieved 2021-10-11.

[8] "Confusion, chaos reign at Riyadh's new bus terminal". Arab News. 2001-12-06. Retrieved 2023-11-30.