{{Short description|Neighbourhood in central Riyadh, Saudi Arabia}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Al-Wizarat | governing_body = Baladiyah Al Malaz | native_name_lang = ar | pushpin_map = | coordinates = {{coord|24|40|12|N|46|42|39|E|display=inline,title|region:SA_type:city}} | demographics1_info1 = Arabic | demographics1_title1 = Official | demographics_type1 = Language | subdivision_name1 = | subdivision_type1 = | p1 = | official_name = | founder = | native_name = حي الوزارات | subdivision_name2 = Riyadh | subdivision_type2 = City | subdivision_name = Saudi Arabia | subdivision_type = Country | image_skyline = Al Wazarat Riyadh, 2024.jpeg | caption = An alleyway in al-Wazarat, 2024 | settlement_type = Neighbourhood | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 13 | mapframe-wikidata = yes | other_name = Hara<br />{{lang|ar|حارة}} }} '''Hara al-Wizarat''' ({{Langx|ar|حارة الوزارات|lit=the ministries quarter}}), or '''Hayy al-Wizarat''' ({{Langx|ar|حي الوزارات|lit=the ministries neighborhood}}),<ref>{{Cite book |last=Elsheshtawy |first=Yasser |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aH08EAAAQBAJ&dq=al+wizarat+riyadh&pg=PT279 |title=Riyadh: Transforming a Desert City |date=2021-09-27 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-000-46064-3 |language=en}}</ref> colloquially known as '''Hara''' ({{Langx|ar|حارة|lit=quarter}}), is a low-income residential neighborhood in central Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, located west of al-Dhubbat and south of al-Sulaimaniyah in the sub-municipality of al-Malaz.<ref>{{Cite book |last=المزيني |first=حمزة |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=APXKDwAAQBAJ&dq=%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A9+%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA+%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B6&pg=PT227 |title=واستقرت بها النوى |date=2019-11-01 |publisher=دار مدارك للنشر |isbn=978-614-429-832-9 |language=ar}}</ref> It was developed in the 1970s and hosts some of the country's government buildings, most notably the offices of the Ministry of Defense and the Royal Saudi Navy. It is the heart of the city, and it has also been overwhelmingly inhabited by overseas workers from Indians (People from Telangana to be specific)and Bangladesh since the 1980s.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-01-21 |title=حي الوزارات بالرياض.. الزي السعودي يختفي.. والغلبة لـ "المخالفين" |url=https://www.al-madina.com/article/66736/%D8%AD%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B6-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%8A-%D9%8A%D8%AE%D8%AA%D9%81%D9%8A-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%BA%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%A9-%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86 |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=جريدة المدينة |language=ar |archive-date=2022-09-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220913175402/https://www.al-madina.com/article/66736/%D8%AD%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B6-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%8A-%D9%8A%D8%AE%D8%AA%D9%81%D9%8A-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%BA%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%A9-%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=القحطاني (الرياض) |first=فارس |date=2013-01-18 |title=حي الوزارات خدمات غائبة.. وشوارع مظلمة |url=https://www.okaz.com.sa/article/537196 |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=Okaz |language=Arabic}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=المطيري (الرياض) |first=حازم |date=2017-03-14 |title=الرياض: مخالفون في حضرة "الوزارات" |url=https://www.okaz.com.sa/citizen-voice/na/1533233 |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=Okaz |language=Arabic |archive-date=2022-09-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220913175417/https://www.okaz.com.sa/citizen-voice/na/1533233 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Elsheshtawy |first=Yasser |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aH08EAAAQBAJ&dq=al+wizarat+neighborhood+riyadh&pg=PT296 |title=Riyadh: Transforming a Desert City |date=2021-09-27 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-000-46064-3 |language=en}}</ref> thumb|Ash Sheikh Abdul Rahman Ibn Hasan Road, 2022 Al Wizarat was developed in the 1970s as a housing project for government employees working for the ministries located on the Old Airport Road (now King Abdulaziz Road).<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Ural |first1=Oktay |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1OJsBQAAQBAJ&dq=al+wazarat+riyadh&pg=PA646 |title=Housing: The Impact of Economy and Technology |last2=Krapfenbauer |first2=Robert |date=2013-10-22 |publisher=Elsevier |isbn=978-1-4831-5266-0 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Al-jazirah |url=https://www.al-jazirah.com/2003/20031209/bc1.htm |access-date=2023-05-26 |website=www.al-jazirah.com |archive-date=2023-05-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230526173018/https://www.al-jazirah.com/2003/20031209/bc1.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> As Saudis began abandoning the area in search of new localities by the 1980s, it was subsequently tenanted by skilled foreign workers from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh who began arriving in the country soon after 1973 energy crisis and subsequent oil boom.<ref>{{Cite web |last=القحطاني (الرياض) |first=فارس |date=2013-01-18 |title=حي الوزارات خدمات غائبة.. وشوارع مظلمة |url=https://www.okaz.com.sa/article/537196 |access-date=2023-05-26 |website=Okaz |language=Arabic |archive-date=2022-09-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220913175411/https://www.okaz.com.sa/article/537196 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Ricciardi |first=David |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FrVtDwAAQBAJ&dq=al+wazarat+riyadh&pg=PA197 |title=Rogue Strike |date=2019-06-04 |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-399-58577-7 |language=en}}</ref>
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