{{Short description|Extinct neighbourhood in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Hotat Khalid | official_name = | pushpin_map = | demographics1_title1 = Official | demographics_type1 = Language | subdivision_name1 = | subdivision_type1 = | governing_body = | p1 = | native_name = حوطة خالد | founder = | subdivision_type2 = City | subdivision_name2 = Riyadh | subdivision_name3 = Old Riyadh | subdivision_type3 = Region | subdivision_name = Saudi Arabia | subdivision_type = Country | caption = | image_skyline = | settlement_type = Neighbourhood | demographics1_info1 = Arabic | coordinates = {{coord|24.63788|N|46.71227|E|region:SA|display=inline,title}} | native_name_lang = ar | image_caption = | named_for = Khalid bin Abdulaziz | extinct_title = | extinct_date = }} '''Hotat Khalid''' ({{Langx|ar|حوطة خالد}}) was a settlement in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,<ref>{{Cite book |last=ناصر |first=سيف، إبراهيم بن محمد بن |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=emUxAQAAIAAJ&q=%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B6+%D8%AD%D9%88%D8%B7%D8%A9+%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF |title=المبتدأ والخبر لعلماء في القرن الرابع عشر وبعض تلاميذهم |date=2005 |publisher=دار العاصمة، |language=ar}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Ḥuqayl |first=ʻAbd al-Karīm ibn Ḥamad ibn Ibrāhīm |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EcxtAAAAMAAJ&q=%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B6+%D8%AD%D9%88%D8%B7%D8%A9+%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF |title=تراجم مختصرة لمشائخي و أصدقائي البررة |date=2000 |publisher=عبد الكريم بن حمد بن إبراهيم الحقيل، |isbn=978-9960-38-262-3 |language=ar}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=مؤرخو أحياء الرياض.. شكراً لكم - يوسف بن محمد العتيق |url=https://www.al-jazirah.com/2018/20181217/wo4.htm |access-date=2024-02-14 |website=www.al-jazirah.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=الوشمي |first=أحمد بن مساعد عبدالله |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GnJZDwAAQBAJ&dq=%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B6+%D8%AD%D9%88%D8%B7%D8%A9+%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF&pg=PT177 |title=الرياض مدينة وسكانا: كيف كانت وكيف عاشوا؟ |date=2018-05-03 |publisher=العبيكان للنشر |language=ar}}</ref> located north of Duhairah and south of al-Murabba.<ref>{{Cite book |last=الوشمي |first=أحمد بن مساعد عبدالله |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GnJZDwAAQBAJ&dq=%D8%AD%D9%88%D8%B7%D8%A9+%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF+%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B6&pg=PT177 |title=الرياض مدينة وسكانا: كيف كانت وكيف عاشوا؟ |date=2018-05-03 |publisher=العبيكان للنشر |language=ar}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=وسط الرياض.. يزول أم يبقى؟! 2-2 - د. محمد عبدالله العوين |url=https://www.al-jazirah.com/2018/20180808/ln32.htm |access-date=2024-02-13 |website=www.al-jazirah.com}}</ref> It was named after King Khalid bin Abdulaziz,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Al-Jazirah |url=https://www.al-jazirah.com/2005/20051127/rv5.htm |access-date=2024-02-13 |website=www.al-jazirah.com}}</ref> who was allotted several acres of land in the area by his father, King Abdulaziz ibn Saud. It was a residential area inhabited by many prominent figures of that time, like Hafiz Wahba, Hussein Oweini and John Philby<ref>{{Cite web |last=sabeg |first=mohamed |date=2021-03-24 |title=تعرّف على حي "حوطة خالد" بالرياض الذي سكنه رجالات الملك عبد العزيز |url=https://www.mnbr.news/251981.html |access-date=2024-02-14 |website=صحيفة منبر الإلكترونية |language=ar}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=دروازة {{!}} حوطة خالد |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R31_0lvE4Oc |access-date=2024-02-14 |language=en}}</ref> and today lies in the north of ad-Dirah neighborhood in the city's downtown. The Khaldia Towers was built in 1983 on the grounds of King Khalid's palace ruins.<ref>{{Cite web |title=تراث الرياض العمراني المفقود.. وما يمكن إنقاذه ! (1-2) - عبدالله بن محمد بن سليمان |url=https://www.al-jazirah.com/2019/20190711/ar8.htm |access-date=2023-08-20 |website=www.al-jazirah.com}}</ref>
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