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Table 6.5<br />

Riyadh's Land Uses and Area in Hectares<br />

AREA AREA<br />

FUNCTION CURRENT NEEDED BY NEEDED BY<br />

1995 2005<br />

Residential<br />

Area ha<br />

9,200<br />

%<br />

18.6 2,600 7,750<br />

Commercial 3,600 7.26 1,400 1,750<br />

Mixed (Res.& Commercial) 4,500 9.07 1,100 3,800<br />

Industrial 1,900 3.83<br />

-<br />

11,500<br />

Government 4,000 8.07 685 1,230<br />

Government (Private)* 1,300 2.62 - -<br />

Public Facilities 21,500 43.4 6,870 10,377<br />

Agricultural 3,053 6.16 - -<br />

Historical 37 0.07 - -<br />

Open Area 460 0.92 980 840<br />

Restricted Land - - - -<br />

Land For Future Devlpt. - - 75 14,433<br />

Total 49,550 100 13,710 51,680<br />

Grand Total 63,260 114,940<br />

* Government private uses denotes military and other strategic uses. Source: Ministry of Municipalities<br />

and Rural Affairs (MOMRA), Atlas of Saudi Cities: The Urban Domain (Riyadh: MOMRA, 1989), 7.

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