Editing Najd (section)

{{Short description|Region in central Saudi Arabia}}
{{Other uses|Najd (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = Najd
| native_name             = {{native name|ar|نجد}}
| native_name_lang        = ar
| settlement_type         = [[Historical region]] of [[Arabia]]
| subdivision_type        = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name        = {{flag|Saudi Arabia}}
| seat_type               = Largest city
| seat                    = [[Riyadh]]
| image_skyline           = {{multiple image
  | total_width            = 290
  | border                 = infobox
  | perrow                 = 1/2/2
  | caption_align          = center 
 | image1          = At-Turaif District of Diriyah, Saudi Arabia.jpg
 | caption1        = [[At-Turaif District]], a [[List of World Heritage Sites in Saudi Arabia|World Heritage Site]]
 | image2          = Tuwaiq.jpg
 | caption2        = [[Tuwaiq]]
 | image3          = شعيب جو بجبال أجـــا - panoramio.jpg|The [[Shammar Mountains]]
 | caption3        = [[Shammar Mountains]] of [[Ha'il]]
 | image4          = Riyadh Skyline.jpg
 | caption4        = Skyline of [[Riyadh]]
 | image5          = Masmak Fort (12753717253).jpg
 | caption5        = [[Al Masmak Palace]]
}}
| image_map               = Map of Najd.svg
| population              = 10627701 (2022 census)
| parts_type              = [[Regions of Saudi Arabia|Provinces]]
| parts                   = [[Riyadh Province|Riyadh]], [[Al-Qassim Province|Al-Qassim]], [[Ḥa'il Province|Ha'il]]
| map_caption             = Map of the Najd region in the central region of the [[Arabian Peninsula]]
| coordinates             = {{coord|25|N|44|E|display=title,inline}}
}}

'''Najd'''{{efn|{{IPA|en|nad͡ʒd|audio=LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Najd.wav}}, {{langx|ar|إقليم نجد|Igleem Najd}}}}{{efn|alternatively romanized as '''{{Transliteration|ar|Nejd}}'''}} is a [[Historical region|historical region]] of the [[Arabian Peninsula]] that includes most of the central region of [[Saudi Arabia]]. It is roughly bounded by the [[Hejaz]] region to the west, the [[Nafud desert]] in [[Al-Jawf Province|al-Jawf]] to the north, [[ad-Dahna Desert]] in [[Al-Ahsa Governorate|al-Ahsa]] to the east, and [[Rub' al Khali|Rub' al-Khali]] to the south, although its exact boundaries cannot be determined due to varying geographical and political limits throughout history. 

Administratively, Najd is divided into three main [[Provinces of Saudi Arabia|regions]]: the [[Riyadh Province|Riyadh]] region which features [[Wadi Hanifa]] and the [[Tuwaiq]] escarpment, which houses easterly [[Al-Yamama|Yamama]] with the Saudi capital, [[Riyadh]] since [[Emirate of Nejd|1824]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=History {{!}} The Embassy of The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia |url=https://www.saudiembassy.net/history |access-date=2023-04-16 |website=saudiembassy.net}}</ref> and the [[Sudair]]i region, which has its capital in [[Al Majma'ah|Majmaah]]. The second region, [[Al-Qassim Province|Al-Qassim]], houses the fertile oases and [[date palm]] orchards spread out in the region's highlands along [[Wadi al-Rummah|Wadi Rummah]] in central Najd with its capital in [[Buraidah]], the second largest Najdi city, with the region historically contested by the [[Rashidi dynasty|House of Rashid]] to its north and the House of Saud to its east and south. The third administrative unit is northerly [[Ḥa'il Province|Ḥa'il]], which features the mountains of [[Shammar Mountains|Jabal Shammar]] housing the [[Tayy]] capital of [[Ḥaʼil|Ḥa'il]].

The Najd region is where about a third of Saudi Arabia's modern population resides. It is the home of the [[House of Saud]], from which it pursued its [[unification of Saudi Arabia|unification with Hejaz]] since the time of the [[Emirate of Diriyah]].<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |title=nejd |url=https://www.definitions.net/definition/nejd |access-date=2023-08-30 |website=Definitions.net}}</ref>