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Al-ʿĀriḍ
area, Saudi Arabia
Al-ʿĀriḍ, central area of north-central Najd region, Saudi Arabia, in the arid Ṭuwayq Plateau. It consists of a number of important oases, of which Riyadh, the national capital, is the most important.
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