Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia

sovereign state, kingdom, country

Part of	Middle East, West Asia, Arab states of the Arabian Gulf, Arab world
Year dem found am	1727
Name in native language	المملكة العربية السعودية
Official name	الْمَمْلَكَةُ الْعَرَبِيَّةُ السُّعُودِيَّة, السعودية, المملكة العربية السعودية
Religion anaa worldview	Islam
Participant insyd	Saudi–Mamluk of Iraq War, Ottoman-Saudi War, Gulf War, Earth Hour
Dem name after	Saud I
Demonym	سعودي, سعودية, سعوديون, سعوديين, سعوديات
Found by	Founding Leaders of Saudi Arabia
Official language	Arabic
Anthem	Chant of the Saudi Nation
Culture	culture of Saudi Arabia
Motto	Shahada
Continent	Asia
Country	Saudi Arabia
Capital	Riyadh
Located in time zone	UTC+03:00, Asia/Riyadh
Located in or next to body of water	Persian Gulf, Red Sea, Gulf of Aqaba
Located in/on physical feature	Arabian Peninsula
Coordinate location	23°43′0″N 44°7′0″E
Coordinates of easternmost point	22°0′0″N 55°40′0″E
Coordinates of northernmost point	32°9′0″N 39°12′0″E
Coordinates of southernmost point	16°24′35″N 42°16′11″E
Coordinates of westernmost point	27°57′7″N 34°33′58″E
Highest point	Jabal Sawda
Lowest point	Red Sea
Government ein basic form	absolute monarchy, theocracy, monarchy
Office held by head of state	King of Saudi Arabia
State ein head	Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
Office head of government hold	Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia
Government ein head	Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
Executive body	Council of Ministers of Saudi Arabia
Legislative body	Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia
Highest judicial authority	Supreme Judicial Council of Saudi Arabia
Central bank	Saudi Central Bank
Public holiday	Eid al-Fitr, Eid al-Adha, Saudi National Day
Dey contain de administrative territorial entity	list of provinces of Saudi Arabia
Currency	Saudi riyal
Foundational text	Diriyah Charter
Driving side	right
Electrical plug type	BS 1363
Dey follow	Emirate of Diriyah
Dey replace	Kingdom of Nejd and Hejaz
Language dem use	Saudi language
Significant event	First Saudi State, Second Saudi State, Third Saudi State
Dema official website	http://www.saudi.gov.sa
Described at URL	http://68k.news/index.php?section=nation&loc=SA&lang=AR
Hashtag	SaudiArabia
Top-level Internet domain	.sa, AlSaudiah
Flag	flag of Saudi Arabia
Coat of arms	Coat of Arms of Saudi Arabia
Official symbol	Falcon
Geography of topic	geography of Saudi Arabia
Get characteristic	realm
History of topic	history of Saudi Arabia
Official religion	Islam
Railway traffic side	left
Open data portal	Open Data Platform
Economy of topic	economy of Saudi Arabia
Demographics of topic	demographics of Saudi Arabia
WordLift URL	http://data.thenextweb.com/tnw/entity/saudi_arabia
Mobile country code	420
Country calling code	+966
Emergency phone number	112, 911, 999, 911
GS1 country code	628
Licence plate code	KSA
Maritime identification digits	403
Unicode character	🇸🇦
Category for maps or plans	Category:Maps of Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia, officially de Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), be a country insyd West Asia. E dey locate insyd de centre of de Middle East, e dey cover de bulk of de Arabian Peninsula wey e get a land area of about 2,150,000 km² (830,000 sq mi), wey dey make am de fifth-largest country insyd Asia, de largest insyd de Middle East, den de 12th-largest insyd de world. Ebe bordered by de Red Sea to de west; Jordan, Iraq, den Kuwait to de north; de Persian Gulf, Bahrain, Qatar den de United Arab Emirates to de east; Oman to de southeast; den Yemen to de south. De Gulf of Aqaba insyd de northwest dey separate Saudi Arabia from Egypt den Israel. Saudi Arabia be de country per plus a coastline along both de Red Sea den de Persian Gulf, wey chaw of ein terrain dey consist of arid desert, lowland, steppe, den mountains. De capital den largest city be Riyadh; oda major cities dey include Jeddah den de two holiest cities insyd Islam, Mecca den Medina. Plus a population of almost 32.2 million, Saudi Arabia be de fourth most populous country insyd de Arab world.

Saudi Arabia be a member of de Gulf Cooperation Council, United Nations, Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, Arab League, den OPEC, as well as a dialogue partner of de Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.

Demographics

Largest cities anaa towns insyd Saudi Arabia Data.gov.sa (2013/2014/2016)
Rank	Name	Regions	Pop.	Rank	Name	Regions	Pop.
1	Riyadh	Riyadh	6,506,700	11	Qatif	Eastern	559,300
2	Jeddah	Mecca	3,976,400	12	Khamis Mushait	Asir	549,000
3	Mecca	Mecca	1,919,900	13	Ha'il	Ha'il	441,900
4	Medina	Medina	1,271,800	14	Hafar al-Batin	Eastern	416,800
5	Hofuf	Eastern	1,136,900	15	Jubail	Eastern	411,700
6	Ta'if	Mecca	1,109,800	16	Kharj	Riyadh	404,100
7	Dammam	Eastern	975,800	17	Abha	Asir	392,500
8	Buraidah	Al-Qassim	658,600	18	Najran	Najran	352,900
9	Khobar	Eastern	626,200	19	Yanbu	Al Madinah	320,800
10	Tabuk	Tabuk	609,000	20	Al Qunfudhah	Mecca	304,400

Bibliography

• Abir, Mordechai (1987). Saudi Arabia in the oil era: regime and elites : conflict and collaboration. Croom Helm. ISBN 978-0-7099-5129-2.
• Abir, Mordechai (1993). Saudi Arabia: Government, Society, and the Persian Gulf Crisis. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-09325-5.
• Mordechai, Abir (2019). Saudi Arabia In The Oil Era: Regime And Elites; Conflict And Collaboration. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-00-031069-6.
• Al-Rasheed, Madawi (2010). A History of Saudi Arabia. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-74754-7.
• Bowen, Wayne H. (2007). The History of Saudi Arabia. Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0-313-34012-3.
• Hegghammer, Thomas (2010). Jihad in Saudi Arabia: Violence and Pan-Islamism Since 1979. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-73236-9.
• House, Karen Elliott (2012). On Saudi Arabia: Its People, Past, Religion, Fault Lines—and Future. Alfred A. Knopf. ISBN 978-0-307-27216-4.
• Long, David E. (2005). Culture and Customs of Saudi Arabia. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 978-0-313-32021-7.
• Malbouisson, Cofie D. (2007). Focus on Islamic issues. Nova Publishers. ISBN 978-1-60021-204-8.
• Otto, Jan Michiel (2010). Sharia Incorporated: A Comparative Overview of the Legal Systems of Twelve Muslim Countries in Past and Present. Amsterdam University Press. ISBN 978-90-8728-057-4.
• Tausch, Arno; Heshmati, Almas; Karoui, Hichem (2015). The political algebra of global value change. General models and implications for the Muslim world (1st ed.). New York: Nova Science. ISBN 978-1-62948-899-8. Available at: [1]
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• Tripp, Harvey; North, Peter (2009). CultureShock! A Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette. Saudi Arabia (3rd ed.). Marshall Cavendish.
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External links

• Saudi Arabia. Archived 30 September 2021 at the Wayback Machine official government website.
• Saudi Arabia. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.
• Saudi Arabia profile from the BBC News
• Key Development Forecasts for Saudi Arabia from International Futures