Riyadh Saudi Arabia National Day
The kingdom of saudi arabia celebrated its 82nd birthday or national day on sunday the 23rd of september 2012.
Riyadh saudi arabia national day. Riyadh has more than 6 million inhabitants and is a global city divided into 15 districts. Green is the theme color of all the events that have taken place in. It is an event for the national day as a loyalty for the ruling palace in riyadh on 22 23 24 september 2017. On september 23 1932 by virtue of a royal decree from king abdul aziz ibn saud the name change took place.
The streets of riyadh are covered with the green of the saudi national flag which lines the capital s main highways. In addition to everyone having sunday off king abdullah had given an extra day off for government employees meaning many people got to enjoy a. Earlier his highness king salman al saud announced 4 days holidays on 89th saudi national day from 19th till 23rd sept. The governor of riyadh province is faisal bin bandar al saud.
Muharram muslim new year. Saudi arabia celebrates national day every 23 september to commemorate the unification of the modern day kingdom of saudi arabia in 1932. In the early 1900s the ruler of nejd king abdul aziz known as ibn saud or son of saud in the west reconquered his family s ancestral home city of riyadh and began nearly three decades of conquests in the region. Riyadh is the capital and most populated city in saudi arabia.
Public holidays in riyadh consist of religious and national holidays only. اليوم الوطني المملكة العربية السعودية al yawm al waṭanī al mamlaka al ʿarabiyya as suʿūdiyya is celebrated in saudi arabia on every 23 september to commemorate the renaming of the kingdom of nejd and hejaz to the kingdom of saudi arabia by a royal decree from king abdul aziz ibn saud in 1932. Saudi national day arabic. The kingdom of nejd and hejaz was a dual monarchy made up of many dominions and tribes.
The event identity was established and the shows and supervision were planned as it is one of the largest festivals established for the national day. The kingdom of saudi arabia was once known as the kingdom of nejd and hejaz. Besides the passion love for saudi arabia people thinks this year s saudi national day celebration seems to be the biggest of all time with many activities and for almost 5 days. As usual the streets were full of saudis celebrating the national day.
It marks the unification of the modern day kingdom of saudi arabia.