Individual #Riyadh__capital_of_Saudi_Arabia joint capital (with Mecca) of Saudi Arabia located in the central oasis; largest city in Saudi Arabia
instance of: #national_capital
part of: #Saudi_Arabia__Kingdom_of_Saudi_Arabia a kingdom occupying most of the Arabian Peninsula in southwest Asia; vast oil reserves dominate the economy
part of: #Middle_East__Near_East the area around the eastern Mediterranean; from Turkey to North Africa and eastward to Iran; the site of such ancient civilizations as Phoenicia and Babylon and Egypt and the birthplace of Judaism and Christianity and Islam; "the Middle East is the cradle of Western civilization"
part of: #Arabian_Peninsula__Arabia a peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; strategically important for its oil resources
part of: #Asia the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations
part of: #Eurasia the land mass formed by the continents of Europe and Asia
part of: #eastern_hemisphere__easternhemisphere__orient the hemisphere that includes Eurasia and Africa and Australia
part of: #northern_hemisphere the hemisphere north of the equator
part of: pm#Mediterranean_region
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