Data · dataset · 2025
Riyadh in the Past: Historical urban and socioeconomic indicators by theme, and sub-category (1350 -1434 AH)
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This dataset provides a comprehensive historical overview of Riyadh City through a wide range of urban, social, and economic indicators.
Description
It covers demographic indicators (population size, growth, density, citizenship, family size, education), public and private facilities indicators (education, health, culture and recreation services, among others), and economic indicators (labor force, annual income...). Additional indicators highlight transport and mobility patterns, accidents, water and electricity networks, telecommunications, sewage, and others...
Together, these indicators offer valuable insights into the city’s past development. 1.Methodology This dataset was compiled from the following RCRC publications, available on the RCRC official website: Riyadh in 50 years 1374AH - 1434AH, The High Commission for the Development of Arriyadh (1434AH), rcrc.gov.sa/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/004622.pdf Riyadh Atlas, The High Commission for the Development of Arriyadh, King Saud University (1419AH), rcrc.gov.sa/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/004614.pdf The data are presented as published in the source book, and any existing inconsistencies have been retained without modification.
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Data users are encouraged to conduct their own investigation and verification. 2.Definition(s) Indicator: A statistical measure or variable that reflects a specific aspect of a phenomenon. Indicators are used to monitor, evaluate, and compare conditions or trends over time (e.g., population size, density, annual income, housing type). 3.Detailed breakdown Index: A sequential numeric to uniquely identify each row. It facilitates data referencing, sorting, and processing but does not represent a variable or dimension of the dataset itself.
Year (Hijiri): The Hijri calendar year. Theme: One of the nine themes used as a first-level classification of the datasets on the RCRC Open Data Platform. Sub-category: The second level of classification providing a more specific categorization within each theme.
Indicator: List of the names of the statistical measures or variables included in the dataset . Among others, urban area (km²), population, population density (persons/km²), family size, educational status, labor force, annual Income, housing units by housing type ... Unit including km², %, persons/km², km, and m² Breakdown: This column contains the classification categories used to disaggregate the data.
The breakdown includes demographic groups (e.g., citizenship, age, education), income ranges, housing types, economic activities, land use status, medical facilities, and cultural and recreational service type. Primary Source: The original or primary source of the data. RCRC Data Source: The source of the data from the RCRC, such as a book title or another type of publication.
Source location: The page number within the source where the data can be found. DsetIdx: >>211.
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Where it is published
- rcrc dataset page rcrc.opendatasoft.com/explore/dataset/riyadh-in-the-past-historical-urban-and-socioe… ↗
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Documentation and papers
- References rcrc.gov.sa ↗
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Catalogue records · 1
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Topics
- Stated by source
- 02-Housing, Energy, Environment
- From keywords
- Earth & Environmental Science · Economics & Finance · Energy · Humanities · Medicine & Health · Social Science
Provenance · 1 source records, 13 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| rcrc | riyadh-in-the-past-historical-urban-and-socioeconomic-indicators-by-theme-and-sub-category-1350-1434-ah | 12 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| access_level | source · rcrc opendatasoft com | connector:rcrc_opendatasoft_com@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · rcrc opendatasoft com | connector:rcrc_opendatasoft_com@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:economics-finance | mapping · rcrc opendatasoft com | connector:rcrc_opendatasoft_com@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:energy | mapping · rcrc opendatasoft com | connector:rcrc_opendatasoft_com@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:humanities | mapping · rcrc opendatasoft com | connector:rcrc_opendatasoft_com@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:medicine-health | mapping · rcrc opendatasoft com | connector:rcrc_opendatasoft_com@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:social-science | mapping · rcrc opendatasoft com | connector:rcrc_opendatasoft_com@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[topic].ods_theme:rcrc_opendatasoft_com:02-housing-energy-environment | source · rcrc opendatasoft com | connector:rcrc_opendatasoft_com@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · rcrc opendatasoft com | connector:rcrc_opendatasoft_com@1.0.0 | /metas/default/description |
| license_text | source · rcrc opendatasoft com | connector:rcrc_opendatasoft_com@1.0.0 | |
| publication_date | source · rcrc opendatasoft com | connector:rcrc_opendatasoft_com@1.0.0 | |
| title | source · rcrc opendatasoft com | connector:rcrc_opendatasoft_com@1.0.0 | /metas/default/title |
| updated_date | source · rcrc opendatasoft com | connector:rcrc_opendatasoft_com@1.0.0 |