Al Aziziyah (Riyadh)

Al-Aziziyah (Arabic: حي العزيزية, romanized: ḥaī al-ʿAzīzīyyah), alternatively spelled as al-Aziziah, is the seat of the sub-municipality of its namesake, Baladiyah al-Aziziya[1] and a residential neighborhood in southern Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, popular for its animal sale yards and wet markets.[2] Spanned across 20.81 square kilometers,[3] it's bordered by Southern Ring Road to the north and al-Kharj Road to the east whereas shares proximity with al-Shifa neighborhood to the west and ad-Dar al-Baida neighborhood to the south.

This article is about a neighborhood in Riyadh. For the sub-municipality which it comes under, see Al Aziziya, Riyadh.
Al-Aziziyah
حي العزيزية
Neighbourhood
Al-Aziziyah is located in Saudi Arabia
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Al-Aziziyah is located in Asia
Al-Aziziyah
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Coordinates: 24°35′8″N 46°46′23″E
CountrySaudi Arabia
CityRiyadh
Government
 • BodyBaladiyah Al Aziziya
Language
 • OfficialArabic

Pollution

In 2013, Okaz reported that al-Aziziyah district is facing all kinds of pollution from three directions, the cement factory, slaughterhouses and sewages[4] and was dubbed as the "nest of nests" of environmental pollution.[5]

Traffic and transportation

According to Al Riyadh in 2013, residents in al-Aziziyah complained of regular traffic congestion due to overcrowding of trucks and other cargo vehicles.[6]

References
  1. "الإدارة العامة للنظافة". archive.is. 2015-04-19. Archived from the original on 2015-04-19. Retrieved 2021-10-11.
  2. "أصحاب مطابخ يتظلمون ضد احتكار مسلخ العزيزية استقبال ذبائحهم". صحيفة الاقتصادية (in Arabic). 2009-05-01. Retrieved 2021-10-11.
  3. "حي العزيزية في الرياض". مدونة عقار (in Arabic). 2021-04-05. Retrieved 2021-10-11.
  4. الحذيفي (الرياض), أحمد (2013-03-22). "العزيزية في مرمى التلوث البيئي من 3 جهات". Okaz (in Arabic). Retrieved 2021-10-11.
  5. ""بلدي الرياض": سوق أغنام العزيزية تحت النظر". 2013-10-31. Archived from the original on 2013-10-31. Retrieved 2021-10-11.
  6. "العمالة السائبة وتكدّس الشاحنات تشوه حي العزيزية". Al Riyadh. 2013-01-06. Archived from the original on 2021-10-28. Retrieved 2021-10-11.
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