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Riyadh
is the nations legislative, financial administrative, diplomatic and
commercial center. It is the location for foreign embassies,
universities, banks and corporate headquarters. It is the capital of the
nation.
Riyadh is a particularly youthful city, with half the population under 20 years of age.
The land around it, however, is old.
In
a region where tradition, modernity and globalization converge, Riyadh
is the focal point of the Middle East’s largest economy. Riyadh is an
international business hub where you can experience contrasting
lifestyles in a traditional Islamic environment.
Its
vibrant globalized environment features: World Class buildings,
shopping, restaurants, historical and cultural sites, nature reserves
and all the elements of an old Arab city.
Visually
the countryside is dominated by the central Najd plateau. The majority
of settlements run along the line of the magnificent Twaiq Escarpment
with the sites of cities originally determined by the availability of
water.
To
the north and east of the province is the sandier landscape of the Ad
Dahna. To the west is the higher land and harder rocks of the Arabian
shield. In the south is the great sandy desert; the Rub al-Khali. This
hardy and evocative desert is the traditional homeland of the Bedouin.
Ultimately,
Riyadh is a concentration of the apparent opposites of history,
modernity, religion, business, desert, oasis, nature and city. These
different worlds converge to live side by side in the Arab Peninsula’s
most challenging and stimulating city.
