Al Khalidiyyah (Riyadh)

Al-Khalidiyyah (Arabic: حي الخالدية, romanized: ḥaī al-Khālidīyah), is a low-income residential neighborhood in southeastern Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, located south of as-Sinaiyah and west of al-Faisaliyyah in the sub-municipality of al-Batʼha.[1] Renamed sometime between late 1970s and early 1980s after King Khalid bin Abdulaziz, the ruler of Saudi Arabia from 1975 until 1982,[2] it emerged as an offshoot of the settlement of al-Anouz (Arabic: حلة العنوز).[3][4][5][6][7][8][9] It is today inhabited mostly by overseas Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi and Yemeni migrant workers and their families.[10][11][12][13][14]

Al-Khalidiyyah حي الخالدية
Neighbourhood
Al Khalidiyyah neighborhood, April 2022
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Coordinates: 24°37′26″N 46°45′18″E
Country	Saudi Arabia
City	Riyadh
Region	Old Riyadh
Named for	Khalid bin Abdulaziz
Government
• Body	Baladiyah Al Batha
Language
• Official	Arabic
• Spoken	Bangla, Hindi, Urdu, Yemeni Arabic, Malayalam

Covering an area of 950 acres,[15] it is bordered between Ali Ibn Abi Talib Road to the east, Al Kharj Road to the west and Southern Ring Road to the south. The locality is also known for serving several schools and health centers for nearby districts[16][17] besides being unpopular among residents for its seasonal power outages.[18] The al-Khalidiya Park is also located in the southernmost extreme of the neighborhood.[19] Since the late 1980s, the High Commission for the Development of Riyadh has implemented a series of projects in the neighborhood in order to reduce the groundwater levels.[20]