Ghubaira
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Ghubaira
حي غبيراء | |
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 Ghubaira, 2023 | |
  Ghubaira | |
| Coordinates: 24°37′14″N 46°44′08″E / 24.62056°N 46.73556°E | |
| Country | Saudi Arabia |
| City | Riyadh |
| Named after | Bani Ghubar |
| Government | |
| • Body | Baladiyah Al Batha |
| Language | |
| • Official | Arabic |
Ghubaira (Arabic: حي غبيراء, romanized: ḥaī Ġubaīrāʾ), alternatively at times al-Ghubairah,[1] (Arabic: حي الغبيرة, romanized: ḥaī Ġubaīrah) is a residential neighborhood in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,[2] located west of al-Khalidiyyah and south of al-Oud in the sub-municipality of al-Batha.[3] It is named after the tribe of Bani Ghubar that once lived in the area[4] and is inhabited mostly by overseas Afro-Arabs and Pakistanis.[5][6][7]
