{{Infobox settlement | name = Riyadh Governorate | official_name = | native_name = محافظة الرياض | native_name_lang = ar | settlement_type = [[List of governorates of Saudi Arabia|Governorate]] | image_skyline = | image_alt = | image_caption = | image_flag = | flag_alt = | image_seal = | seal_alt = | image_shield = | image_map = Riyadh Region - Ar Riyad.svg | map_alt = | map_caption = Location of Riyadh Governorate in [[Riyadh Province]] | pushpin_map = Saudi Arabia | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Saudi Arabia | pushpin_label_position = | coordinates = {{Coord|24|41|47|N|46|46|43|E|type:landmark_region:SA|display=inline,title}} | coor_pinpoint = | coordinates_footnotes = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Saudi Arabia}} | subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of Saudi Arabia|Province]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Riyadh Province]] | established_title = | established_date = | founder = | seat_type = | seat = [[Riyadh]] | government_footnotes = | leader_party = | leader_title = | leader_name = | unit_pref = | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | area_water_percent = | area_note = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | population_total = 7,009,100 | population_as_of = 2021 | population_footnotes = | population_density_km2 = | population_demonym = | population_note = | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code = | area_code_type = | iso_code = | timezone = [[Arabian Standard Time|AST]] | utc_offset = +3 | timezone_DST = [[Arabian Standard Time|AST]] | utc_offset_DST = +3 | parts_type = Cities and towns | parts = [[Riyadh]]<br />[[Irqah Sub-Municipality|Irqah]]<br />Hayir<br />Hayyat<br />Banban<br />Amajiyah | image_map1 = Riyadh governorates.png }} '''Riyadh Governorate''' ({{Langx|ar|محافظة الرياض}}) is one of the 22 [[List of governorates of Saudi Arabia|governorates]] (''muhafzah'') of [[Riyadh Province]] that contains the city of [[Riyadh]], capital of [[Saudi Arabia]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hertog |first=Steffen |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YNM4vMi7FtcC&dq=riyadh+governorate+1993&pg=PA129 |title=Princes, Brokers, and Bureaucrats: Oil and the State in Saudi Arabia |date=2011-04-27 |publisher=Cornell University Press |isbn=978-0-8014-5753-1 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=John |first1=Clarke I. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jftTAQAAQBAJ&dq=creation+of+riyadh+governorate&pg=PA314 |title=Change and Development in the Middle East (Routledge Revivals): Essays in honour of W.B. Fisher |last2=Howard |first2=Bowen-Jones |date=2013-10-14 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-135-95898-5 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TCvMeuLl25kC&q=%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B8%D8%A9+%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B6 |title=دليل أسماء الأماكن في منطقة الرياض |date=2000 |publisher=المملكة العربية السعودية، وزارة الداخلية، امارة منطقة الرياض |isbn=978-9960-23-027-6 |language=ar}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=الشادي |first=صالح |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1WgrDAAAQBAJ&dq=%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B8%D8%A9+%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B6&pg=PA29 |title=الجنادرية: فكر و تراث وهوية : صور من التاريخ الحضاري السعودي |date=2008-01-01 |publisher=Al Manhal |isbn=9796500027197 |language=ar}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VUZKPp7JGG0C&q=%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B8%D8%A9+%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B6 |title=منطقة الرياض: دراسة تاريخية وجغرافية واجتماعية |date=1999 |publisher=المملكة العربية السعودية، وزارة الداخلية، إمارة منطقة الرياض، |isbn=978-9960-660-45-5 |language=ar}}</ref> alongside five other towns and neighborhoods.<ref>{{Cite web| title=دليل الخدمات منطقة الريـاض | language=ar | trans-title=Riyadh Region Services Guide | url=https://www.stats.gov.sa/sites/default/files/cdsi_data/dmdocs/g-serv-2015-riyadh.pdf#viewer.action=download | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304062447/http://www.stats.gov.sa/sites/default/files/cdsi_data/dmdocs/g-serv-2015-riyadh.pdf | archive-date=2016-03-04}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stats.gov.sa/sites/default/files/ar-riyadh_0.pdf|title=Population by Gender, Govnernorate and Nationality (Saudi/Non-Saudi)|website=www.stats.gov.sa}}</ref> It shares borders with the Rumah governorate to the north, [[Al-Kharj|al-Kharj governorate]] to the south, Huraymila, Thadiq, [[Diriyah Governorate|Diriyah]] and Durumah governorates to the west and [[Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia|Eastern Province's]] [[Al-Ahsa Governorate|Al-Ahsa governorate]] to the east.
== Administrative divisions ==
* [[Riyadh]] (seat) * [[Irqah]] * Hayir * Heet * Banban * Amajiyah
== References == {{Reflist}} [[Category:Populated places in Riyadh Province]] [[Category:Governorates of Saudi Arabia]]