Kharj is a governorate in central Saudi Arabia. It is one of the important governorates in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Located southeast of the capital Riyadh, it covers an area of 19,790 km2~ 4,890,215.5 acres, and has a population of 376,325 people, according to the statistics of the General Authority for Statistics for the year 2010. The city of Al Saih is the capital of modern Kharj and its administrative and economic center.