Riyadh Region


The Riyadh Province is a province of Saudi Arabia, also called Al-Wosta, located in the center of the country. It has an area of 404,240 km² and a population of 8,216,284, making it the second-largest province in terms of both area and population. Its capital is the city of Riyadh, which is also the national capital. More than 75% of the population of the province resides within Riyadh. According to the 2004 census, 1,728,840 of the province's population is non-Saudi, with 1,444,500 of those living within the provincial capital, Riyadh.

Population

Population development since 1992:

Subdivisions

In addition to the Municipality of Riyadh, the region is divided into 19 governorates and 1 sub-governorate :

List of governors

NameDates
Muhammad bin Saad bin Zaid1929–1936
Prince Nasser bin Abdulaziz1937–28 May 1947
Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz29 May 1947 – 19 December 1952
Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz 3 March – 19 December 1952
Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz20 December 1952 – 18 April 1955
Prince Salman bin Abdul-Aziz 16 March 1954 – 18 April 1955
Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz18 April 1955 – 22 September 1960
Prince Turki bin Abdul-Aziz 10–21 Oct 1957 – 1957; 31 October 1960
Prince Fawaz bin Abdulaziz11 September 1961 – 20 January 1963
Prince Badr bin Saud bin Abdulaziz20 Jan – 5 February 1963
Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz5 February 1963 – 5 November 2011
Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz5 November 2011 – 12 February 2013
Prince Khalid bin Bandar Al Saud14 February 2013 – 14 May 2014
Prince Turki bin Abdullah Al Saud14 May 2014 – 29 January 2015
Prince Faisal bin Bandar Al Saud29 January 2015 – present