Al-Kharj (Arabic: الخرج‎) is a city and governorate in central Saudi Arabia. The population of the governorate as a whole was 623,394 according to the 2004 census, 75,716 of whom were non-Saudis. The city is located at around 24°8′54″N 47°18′18″E / 24.14833°N 47.305°E / 24.14833; 47.305.

Kharj's status as a city is recent, as it originally referred to a large region made up of a number of separate small towns. The largest towns historically were ASSeeh and Dilam. Other towns include Sulamiyya, Yamamah, and al-Hayathim, as well as other smaller villages and hamlets. The modern city grew out of Al-Seeh.

The Kharj region is defined largely by the wide valley known as Wadi al-Sahba (sometimes known as "Wadi al-Kharj"), where the floods of many other wadis, such as Wadi Hanifa, are deposited. In addition, there were historically several fresh water springs (called asyah or uyun) that flowed towards the surface through apertures in the earth. As a result, the Kharj district has historically been one of the richest locations in Arabia in water resources, and has supported grain production since ancient times. However, springs of al-Kharj, like those of neighboring al-Aflaj have completely dried up in the last two decades.

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