You are filling in a form, sending a parcel to a ministry office, or booking a hotel near Hara, and you need the Al Wizarat postal code right now. Here it is: 12332. It covers the whole ministries district, so most addresses here use this one code.
Al Wizarat, known locally as Hara, is the ministries quarter of central Riyadh, built in the 1970s to house government employees. This page gives you the code for your street, the building codes found here, and a way to check your exact building code, all for Al Wizarat only.
What Is the Al Wizarat Postal Code?
The Al Wizarat postal code is 12332, and it covers the whole district. The number breaks down as 1 for the Riyadh region, 23 for the central sector, and 32 for the Wizarat zone. It is also called the ZIP code, the term international websites use for the same five digit number.
Al Wizarat is where Riyadh governs. Its ministry offices, clinics, and housing use 12332 on forms, deliveries, and registrations every day. If you are sending a parcel to the Ministry of Defense, booking a hotel in the ministries district, or registering a government address, 12332 is the code you start with, and the table below gives you the code for your street.
Al Wizarat Postal Codes by Street and Building
| Code | Street / Area | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 12332 | Ministry of Defense area, Prince Mansour Bin Abdulaziz Street | Main district code. Use this for most Al Wizarat addresses. |
| 12626 | Ministries Clinics, Prince Mansour Bin Abdulaziz Street | Building code. Check your building. |
| 11543 | Al Barra Ibn Azib, near Hara | Building code. Check your building. |
If your building is not on this table, use 12332 for the district and check your exact building code on the SPL National Address map. The short check is in the How to Find section below.
Why Different Websites Show Different Al Wizarat Codes
One code causes confusion in Al Wizarat. A shop listing for Hara gives 12575, but 12575 is the code of Al Wahah, the next district, not Al Wizarat. Hara addresses use 12332.
The code 11543 also appears on individual listings in Al Wizarat, for example a restaurant on Al Barra Ibn Azib. It is a building code for that street, not the district code. Use 12332 for the district and the table above for your street.
Some guides file Hara as if it were a separate district with its own code. It is not. Hara, short for Hara al-Wizarat, is the local name for Al Wizarat itself, so there is no separate Hara code to look up.
Where Is Al Wizarat?
Al Wizarat sits in central Riyadh, west of Al Dhubbat and south of Al Sulaymaniyah, in the central 12 zone. King Abdulaziz Road, once called Old Airport Road, runs along its edge, and Prince Mansour Bin Abdulaziz Street runs through it. It is about 30 minutes from King Khalid International Airport by car.
The district sits next to Al Malaz postal code to the east, Al Olaya postal code to the west, and Batha to the south. Its ministry offices are why the district code appears on so many government and delivery addresses.
Al Wizarat sits just south of Al Sulaymaniyah, and the Al Sulaymaniyah postal code covers the streets just north of the ministries quarter. Batha lies directly south of Al Wizarat, and the Batha postal code is the one for the streets beyond the southern edge of the ministries quarter.
Many people in Riyadh still give directions by landmark instead of a code. They say "near the Ministry of Defense" or "in Hara, by the metro station" rather than 12332. That works for a taxi driver, because drivers know the big landmarks. It does not work for a delivery or an official form, because a landmark covers a whole area and the code points to your street. Give both together: "Prince Mansour Bin Abdulaziz Street, near the Ministry of Defense, 12332".
Famous Landmarks in Al Wizarat
Ministry of Defense: the offices of the Ministry of Defense stand in Al Wizarat, and the district was built around the ministries on King Abdulaziz Road. Its addresses use 12332.
Royal Saudi Navy: the offices of the Royal Saudi Navy are in the district, part of the ministries quarter.
Institute of Public Administration: a government institute in the district, named in area guides as a nearby landmark.
Riyadh Water Tower: the water tower stands just south of Al Wizarat in Al Murabba, visible from the district and often used as a direction landmark. The Al Murabba postal code covers the streets around the tower.
National Museum of Saudi Arabia: the museum stands a short walk south of Al Wizarat, in the King Abdulaziz Historical Center, and is the nearest big landmark for visitors.
Living in Al Wizarat
Al Wizarat is a working district. Government offices fill the working day, and the housing built for ministry employees in the 1970s is now home to many overseas workers, above all from India and Bangladesh. That mix of offices and homes is why the code 12332 appears on both official and personal addresses.
Transport and Getting Around
Al Wizarat station on the Green Line of the Riyadh Metro serves the district, on King Abdulaziz Road. The Blue Line runs nearby too, with its National Museum station a short walk to the south.
Schools and Hospitals
Ministries Clinics stand on Prince Mansour Bin Abdulaziz Street in the district. King Fahad Medical City and Prince Sultan Military Medical City are nearby, and schools serve the ministry housing streets around Prince Mansour Bin Abdulaziz Street.
How to Find Your Exact Al Wizarat Postal Code
The table above gives you the district code. Your exact building code comes only from the official SPL National Address map. Open the map, search your building in Al Wizarat, and the map shows the exact code. The fastest check is the green plate on your building, which carries the full address. For a delivery, give the driver the code and the nearest landmark, and share your GPS location as well. The full steps are on the homepage, in the How to Find Your Exact Postal Code section.
How to Write a Al Wizarat Address
Here is one example for a home delivery in Al Wizarat:
Home delivery address, Al Wizarat
Building No. 3322, Prince Mansour Bin Abdulaziz Street, Al Wizarat District,Riyadh 12332-3322, Saudi Arabia
Use the district code 12332 with your building number after a dash. The full address format is on the homepage.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the postal code of Al Wizarat, Riyadh?
Is the Al Wizarat postal code 12332 or 12575?
What is the ZIP code for Al Wizarat?
What is the postal code for Hara?
How do I find my exact building code in Al Wizarat?
Does Al Wizarat have one postal code or several?
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Conclusion
The Al Wizarat postal code is 12332. Hara is the local name for the same district, so Hara addresses use 12332 too. Use the table above for your street, and check your exact building code on the SPL National Address map. For the full Riyadh list and the how-to steps, see the homepage.
Sources
- SPL National Address map (maps.splonline.com.sa): official lookup for the exact building code.
- guidetoksa.com/postal-codes-for-saudi-arabian-cities/: Al Wizarat 12332.
- ksapoint.com/saudi-arabia-postal-code-list/ and ksapoint.com/riyadh-postal-codes-list/: Al Wizarat 12332.
- gulfjobhire.com/saudi-arabia-zip-postal-code/: Al Wizarat 12332.
- pak24tv.net/postalcode/saudi_arabia1/riyadh: Al Wizarat 12332.
- pkt-oep4manpower.com (Flow Advanced General Contracting letter): Building No. 3322, District Al Wizarat, Z. Code 12332 Riyadh.
- en.dlilsa.com/riyadh/categories/324: Ministries Clinics, Prince Mansour bin Abdulaziz Street, Al-Wizarat, 12626 Riyadh.
- tripadvisor.in/Restaurant_Review-g293995-d21250147-Reviews-The_Biryaani_King-Riyadh_Riyadh_Province.html: The Biryaani King, Al Barra Ibn Azib, Al Wizarat, Riyadh 11543.
- foodbevg.com/SA/Riyadh/116271374781675/pakistani-fruits-and-vegitable-shop-Hara: Hara shop listing giving 12575 (the Al Wahah code, not used).
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Wizarat: Hara al-Wizarat, the ministries quarter, developed in the 1970s for ministry employees; Ministry of Defense and Royal Saudi Navy offices; home to overseas workers from India and Bangladesh since the 1980s.
- bayut.sa/en/property/details-87900605.html and sa.aqar.fm/en/all/riyadh/center-of-riyadh/al-wizarat/4: Al Wizarat station, Green Line; near King Fahad Medical City, Prince Sultan Medical City, National Museum, Riyadh Water Tower.
- ksaexpats.com/riyadh-metro/: Al Wizarat station, Green Line; National Museum station, Blue Line and Green Line.
- mdpi.com/2220-9964/14/5/199 (2025 study, 295 households): only 15.6% rely on the street addressing system for navigation; 81.4% share GPS locations instead.