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Unaizah
Al-Qassim Region, Saudi Arabia · Asia
About Unaizah
Unaizah sits on the route: 5 minutes from Unaizah.
Unaizah is in Al-Qassim Region, Saudi Arabia, with about 180,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Unaizah, about 4 km away.
Unaizah (Arabic: عنيزة ʿUnaizah) or officially The Governorate of Unaizah (also spelled Onaizah, Onizah, or Unayzah; Arabic: محافظة عنيزة Muḥāfiẓat ʿUnaizah) is a Saudi Arabian city in the Al Qassim Province. It lies south of the province capital Buraydah and north of Riyadh, the capital of the Kingdom of SaudiRead more
Arabia. It is the second largest city in Al-Qassim Province with a population of 184,600 (2022 census).
Historically, Unaizah was an important stopping point for Muslim pilgrims coming from Mesopotamia (now Iraq) and Persia (now Iran) on their way to Makkah. Many historians believe that Unaizah was inhabited hundreds of years before the spread of Islam, citing its reference in numerous poems from some of the most important poets of pre-Islamic Arabia such as Imru' al-Qais.
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Unaizah is in Al-Qassim Region, Saudi Arabia, about 4 km from Unaizah.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 183,319
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- Saudi Arabia
- Region
- Al-Qassim Region
- Timezone
- Asia/Riyadh
- Coordinates
- 26.1000, 44.0000
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