Qaryat al-Ulya
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Qaryat al-Ulya (Arabic: قرية العليا, romanized: Qaryat al-‘Ulyā) is a city located in the north-east of the Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia, specifically in the historic aṣ-Ṣummān [ar] area, which consists of more than 30 villages; Qaryat al-Ulya is the capital of this region. The whole Summan area includes a population of more than 50,000 people, 80% of them Saudis, according to the 2011 census. They maintain an agricultural area with more than two thousand wheat farms, which ranks it first in Saudi Arabian wheat production.
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Qaryat al-Ulya
قرية العليا | |
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Coordinates: 27.5559817°N 47.6602785°E / 27.5559817; 47.6602785 | |
Country | Saudi Arabia |
Government | |
• Governor | Majd bin Abdallah al-'Arifi[1] |
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