Al Aziziah (Riyadh)

This article is about a neighborhood in Riyadh. For the sub-municipality which it comes under, see Al Aziziya, Riyadh.

Al-Aziziah (Arabic: العزيزية, romanized: al-ʿAzīzīyyah) is a residential neighborhood in southern Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and the seat of the eponymous sub-municipality, al-Aziziya.^[1] Covering an area of 500 acres,^[2] it was established in the 1960s by Saudi businessman Saleh bin Abdul Wahab al-Sanea,^[3] who later named the neighborhood after King Abdulaziz ibn Saud. The neighbor

Al-Aziziyah حي العزيزية
Neighbourhood
Al Aziziyah, 2023
Coordinates: 24°35′8″N 46°46′23″E
Country	Saudi Arabia
City	Riyadh
Named after	Abdulaziz ibn Saud
Government
• Body	Baladiyah Al Aziziya
Language
• Official	Arabic

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]

It hosts the Al Aziziyah bus stop, which was established around 2001.^[7]