Qaryat al-Ulya

Qaryat al-Ulya
قرية العليا
Qaryat al-Ulya is located in Saudi Arabia
Qaryat al-Ulya
Qaryat al-Ulya
Coordinates: 27°33′22″N 47°39′37″E / 27.5559817°N 47.6602785°E / 27.5559817; 47.6602785
CountrySaudi Arabia
Government
 • GovernorMajd bin Abdallah al-'Arifi[1]

Qaryat al-Ulya (Arabic: قرية العليا, romanizedQaryat al-‘Ulyā) is a city located in the north-east of the Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia, specifically in the historic aṣ-Ṣummān [ar] area, which consists of more than 30 villages; Qaryat al-Ulya is the capital of this region. The whole Summan area includes a population of more than 50,000 people, 80% of them Saudis, according to the 2011 census. They maintain an agricultural area with more than two thousand wheat farms, which ranks it first in Saudi Arabian wheat production.

  1. ^ "أمير الشرقية يصدر حزمة قرارات إدارية ويُعين 3 محافظين" [Emir of Sharqiya issues administrative decrees and appoints three governor]. Sabq (in Arabic). 18 July 2019. Retrieved 3 December 2019.