page_title: Unaizah
section_title: Sports
hierarchical_section_title: Unaizah / Culture / Sports
caption_attribution_description: Department of Education Stadium (Unaizah)
context_page_description: Unaizah or officially The Governorate of Unaizah is a Saudi Arabian city in the Al Qassim Province. It lies south of the province capital Buraydah and north of Riyadh, the capital of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It is the second largest city in Al-Qassim Province with a population of 163,729.
  Historically, Unaizah was an important stopping point for Muslim pilgrims coming from Mesopotamia and Persia on their way to Makkah. Many scientists and historians believe that Unaizah was inhabited hundreds of years before the spread of Islam, citing its reference in numerous poems from some of the most important poets of pre-Islamic Arabia such as Imru' al-Qais.
context_section_description: Unaizah is very active in terms of sports. Football is the most popular sport all over Saudi Arabia, and it is very popular in Unaizah, it is played in school's P.E. (i.e. Physical Education) lessons, and it is common to see a group of kids playing it in the streets.
  There are two local clubs in Unaizah, the Saudi Al Najmah club, and the Al Arabi club.
caption: Department of Education Stadium
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