Al-Qassim
Al-Qassim is a region located in the center of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia within the Riyadh Plateau and Hail.
It covers an area of 73 thousand square kilometers. It is one of the administrative regions; Buraidah is the headquarter of its emirate.
Al-Qassim is known for its groundwater and its agricultural soil, which made it produce the finest types of dates and vegetables.
It is distinguished its strategic location, as there is an ancient pilgrimage route used during the reign of the Abbasid Caliph Harun al-Rashid.
Nowadays, groups of important highways were established; they connected it to Riyadh and Hail.
According to a statistic held in 2010, the population of Al-Qassim reached 1,215,858, that number represents approximately 4.5% of the population of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as a whole; this may be due to the abundance of animal and plant resources.
Al-Qassim is a hot and dry area in the summer, and its temperature in this season reaches more than 45 degrees Celsius. In the winter, it is cold to reach a temperature of about five degrees Celsius. This climate helped many plants and trees to grow in this region.
There are a large number of prominent monuments. The most important of which are the water resources scattered in the desert, ancient writings on the stones, the remains of mines in the mountains of Nugra, and the city of Unaizah. Those monuments made it the focus of attention of tourists from all countries of the world.