Shalaga cemetery
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Established19th century
CountrySaudi Arabia
| Shalaga cemetery | |
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| Details | |
| Established | 19th century |
| Location | |
| Country | Saudi Arabia |
| Coordinates | 24°38′1″N 46°42′48″E / 24.63361°N 46.71333°E |
| Type | Muslim |
| Owned by | Riyadh Municipality |
Shalaga cemetery (Arabic: مقبرة شلقا),[1] is a public cemetery and a historic burial ground in the ad-Dirah neighborhood of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.[2][3][4][5] It was one of the two main graveyards used by the inhabitants of the old walled town, the other being al-Mughaibrah[6] and was situated outside of the city fortifications in the northeast. The cemetery is the resting place of Turki bin Abdullah al-Saud, leader of the Second Saudi State from 1824 to 1834.[7]