Al Owd
Al-Owd حي العود | |
|---|---|
 Al Ras Street, 2024 | |
  Al-Owd  Al-Owd | |
| Coordinates: 24°37′39″N 46°43′34″E / 24.62750°N 46.72611°E | |
| Country | Saudi Arabia |
| City | Riyadh |
| Government | |
| • Body | Baladiyah Al Batha |
| Area | |
• Total | 291 ha (719 acres) |
| Language | |
| • Official | Arabic |
Al-Owd (Arabic: حي العود), 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.[1] Covering an area of 291 hectares,[2] it contains the famous al-Oud cemetery.[3][4] It shares borders with Gabrah and al-Bateha neighborhoods to the west and as-Salhiyah and Ghubairah neighborhoods to the east.
In popular culture
The neighborhood was featured in the 2020 Saudi Arabian drama film The Tambour of Retribution.
References
- ^ "الإدارة العامة للنظافة". archive.md. 2015-04-19. Archived from the original on 2015-04-19. Retrieved 2021-11-30.
- ^ "خطة شاملة لتطوير المنطقة المركزية". صحيفة الاقتصادية (in Arabic). 2009-07-22. Retrieved 2022-07-31.
- ^ "بالصور.."مقبرة العود"..مدفن ملوك السعودية بمساحة 100 ألف متر مربع في قلب العاصمة الرياض". صدى البلد (in Arabic). 2015-01-23. Retrieved 2021-11-30.
- ^ "العود.. مقبرة الأئمة والملوك والأمراء وأعيان الرياض على مدى عقود, أخبــــــار". archive.aawsat.com. 2011-10-26. Archived from the original on 2021-11-30. Retrieved 2021-11-30.