Harmah

City in Riyadh Province, Saudi Arabia

Harmah

حَرْمَة

City

Harmah

Coordinates: 25°55′34″N 45°20′01″E﻿ / ﻿25.92611°N 45.33361°E﻿ / 25.92611; 45.33361
Country|  Saudi Arabia
Province| Riyadh Province
Government

• Chairman| Saud Bin Abdulaziz Almadi
Population

(2013)

• Total

| 13,000
Time zone| UTC+3 (AST)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+3 (AST)

Harmah (Arabic: حَرْمَة) is a city in Riyadh Province, Saudi Arabia, chaired by Mr. Saud Bin Abdulaziz Almadi. It is considered one of the most important historical cities in Najd. It is located 211 kilometres (131 mi) by road northwest of Riyadh, next to the city of Al Majma'ah.[1] At the 2011 census it had a population of 9,011 people.[2]

## City districts

[edit]

* Al Shamaly (Arabic: الحي الشمالي) or * Al Madhi (Arabic: حي الماضي)
* Ar Rawdah (Arabic: الروضة)
* Al Busairah (Arabic: البصيرة)

## Climate

[edit]

Being in the middle of the Arabian desert, Harmah experiences extremely hot summers and relatively cool winters. Humidity is low though throughout the year. The minimum temperature in the summer ranges between 35 and 42 °C (95 and 108 °F).

## Notable people

[edit]

* Abdullah bin Idris (1929–2021), author and poet

## See also

[edit]

* Saudi Arabia portal

* List of cities and towns in Saudi Arabia
* Regions of Saudi Arabia

## References

[edit]

1. ^ Maps (Map). Google Maps.
2. ^ "Saudi Arabia: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population". World Gazetteer. Retrieved 27 August 2012.[dead link]

## External links

[edit]

* Harmah Official Website
* Harmah Official Forum
* Twitter Official Account

* v
* t
* e

Riyadh Region

Capital: Riyadh

* Afif
* Al Bir
* Al Zulfi
* Al-Ghat
* Al-Muzahmiyya
* Al-Quway'iyah
* Almardmah
* Dawadmi
* Dhurma
* Diriyah
* Al-H̨āyir
* Al-H̨arīq
* Harmah
* H̨awţah Sudayr
* Hotat Bani Tamim
* Jalajil
* Al-Kharj
* Layla
* Al Majma'ah
* Riyadh
* Shaqra
* Sudair Industrial City
* As Sulayyil
* Thadig
* Tharmada
* Ushaiger
* 'Uyayna
* Wadi ad-Dawasir
* Wadi Faran

This article about the geography of Riyadh Province is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

|

* v
* t
* e

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template