Al-Owd
حي العود | |
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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.