New Murabba

For the neighborhood it is named after, see Al Murabba.
New Murabba
المربع الجديد
Neighbourhood
New Murabba is located in Saudi Arabia
New Murabba
New Murabba
New Murabba is located in Asia
New Murabba
New Murabba
Coordinates: 24°50′39″N 46°34′56″E / 24.84417°N 46.58222°E / 24.84417; 46.58222
CountrySaudi Arabia
CityRiyadh
Established16 February 2023
Founded byMohammed bin Salman
Named forAl Murabba
Area
 • Total19 km2 (7 sq mi)
Language
 • OfficialArabic
Websitewww.newmurabba.com
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New Murabba (Arabic: المربع الجديد, romanized: al-Murabbaʿ al-Jadīd, lit. 'The New Murabba') is a planned mixed-use real estate development in northwestern Riyadh and easternmost Diriyah, Saudi Arabia. It was announced in February 2023 by Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman as the world's largest modern downtown project. Named after Riyadh's al-Murabba neighborhood, it is part of Saudi Vision 2030 and would contain the Mukaab, a 400-meters tall cuboid skyscraper.[1][2][3] It will be the world's second climate-controlled indoor city, after the Mohammed Bin Rashid City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.[4][5]

The downtown will be situated at an intersection of King Khalid Road and King Salman Road. The downtown will sit on two neighborhoods of Riyadh and three neighborhoods of Diriyah. Its eastern part will be carved out from al-Malqa and partially al-Qirawan districts of Riyadh's al-Shemal sub-municipality whereas its western portion will consist of al-Salmaniyah, al-Malik and partially al-Malqah neighborhoods of the Diriyah Governorate.[6]

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  2. ^ ""المربع" بين زمنين في تاريخ العاصمة السعودية". الشرق الأوسط (in Arabic). Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  3. ^ العبوش, قحطان. "السعودية.. قصر المربع الطيني القديم يكتسب شهرة عالمية عبر مشروع جديد". إرم نيوز (in Arabic). Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  4. ^ "What is Mukaab, a cube-shaped super-city to be built in Saudi Arabia that can 'fit 20 Empire State Buildings'". The Indian Express. 2023-02-23. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
  5. ^ "World's first climate-controlled city unveiled for Dubai". Dezeen. 2014-07-10. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
  6. ^ "البوابة المكانية لمنطقة الرياض". mapservice.alriyadh.gov.sa. Retrieved 2023-04-03.