Qaryat al-Ulya

Qaryat al-Ulya

قرية العليا
Qaryat al-Ulya قرية العليا
	Qaryat al-Ulya
	Coordinates: 27°33′22″N 47°39′37″E / 27.5559817°N 47.6602785°E
Country	Saudi Arabia
Government
• Governor	Majd bin Abdallah al-'Arifi

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.

^ "أمير الشرقية يصدر حزمة قرارات إدارية ويُعين 3 محافظين" [Emir of Sharqiya issues administrative decrees and appoints three governor]. Sabq (in Arabic). 18 July 2019. Retrieved 3 December 2019.

[1] "أمير الشرقية يصدر حزمة قرارات إدارية ويُعين 3 محافظين" [Emir of Sharqiya issues administrative decrees and appoints three governor]. Sabq (in Arabic). 18 July 2019. Retrieved 3 December 2019.

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