Al-Murabba
المربع | |
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.jpg) The National Museum of Saudi Arabia, 2012 | |
| Coordinates: 24°38′46″N 46°42′36″E / 24.64611°N 46.71000°E | |
| Country |  Saudi Arabia |
| City | Riyadh |
| Government | |
| • Body | Al Malaz Sub-Municipality |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4.88 km2 (1.88 sq mi) |
| Language | |
| • Official | Arabic |
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Al-Murabba (Arabic: المربع, romanized: al-murabbaʿ, lit. 'the square') is a historic neighborhood in central Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,[1] located west of al-Wazarat and north of al-Futah in the sub-municipality of al-Malaz. Its name reportedly comes from a broken square-shaped dry well around which the Murabba Palace was built and from where latter's name gets derived as well.[2][3] It is situated in close proximity to the al-Batʼha commercial area and the Qasr al-Hukm District. Al-Murabba has lent its name to the New Murabba project, a planned downtown and real estate development in northwestern Riyadh. The neighborhood hosts a large presence of overseas Egyptian community.[4]
- ^ الإدارة العامة للنظافة. clean.alriyadh.gov.sa. 19 April 2015. Archived from the original on 19 April 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
- ^ بالفيديو.. العساف: "بئر معطلة" وراء تسمية حي المربع بهذا الاسم. صحيفة صدى الالكترونية. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
- ^ ليست نسبة للقصر.. تعرف على أصل تسمية حي المربع في الرياض. غرب الإخبــارية (in Arabic). Retrieved 4 September 2022.
- ^ عبد الله محمد (24 September 2006). الهنود حول المطاعم. alyaum (in Arabic). Retrieved 11 December 2023.