Unaizah
Sign in to saveUnaizah ( ) or officially The Governorate of Unaizah (also spelled Onaizah, Onizah, or Unayzah; ) is a Saudi Arabian city in the Al Qassim Province. It lies south of the province capital Buraydah and north of Riyadh, the capital of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It is the second largest city in Al-Qassim Province with a population of 184,600 (2022 census).
Key facts
- Settlement.native_name
- محافظة عنيزة
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Governorate
- Settlement.image_skyline
- A picture of the internal ring road in Al-shrimyah district in Unaizah.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- The internal ring road around Unaizah Mall
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- Saudi Arabia
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- Location in Saudi Arabia
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Saudi Arabia
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Al Qassim Province
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2022
- Settlement.population_total
- 184,600
- Settlement.timezone1
- SAST
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +03:00
- Settlement.postal_code_type
- Postal Code
- Settlement.postal_code
- 51911
- Settlement.area_code
- +966-16
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Unaizah ( ) or officially The Governorate of Unaizah (also spelled Onaizah, Onizah, or Unayzah; ) is a Saudi Arabian city in the Al Qassim Province. It lies south of the province capital Buraydah and north of Riyadh, the capital of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It is the second largest city in Al-Qassim Province with a population of 184,600 (2022 census).
Historically, Unaizah was an important stopping point for Muslim pilgrims coming from Mesopotamia (now Iraq) and Persia (now Iran) on their way to Makkah. Many historians believe that Unaizah was inhabited hundreds of years before the spread of Islam, citing its reference in numerous poems from some of the most important poets of pre-Islamic Arabia such as Imru' al-Qais.