saudi arabia

     

The Kingom of Saudi Arabia or KSA (Arabic: المملكة العربية السعودية‎, al-Mamlaka al-ʻArabiyya as-Suʻūdiyya) is the largest country of the Arabian Peninsula. It is bordered by Jordan on the northwest, Iraq on the north and northeast, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates on the east, Oman on the southeast, and Yemen on the south. The Persian Gulf lies to the northeast and the Red Sea to its west. It has an estimated population of 27.6 million, and its size is approximately 2,150,000 square km (830,000 square miles).

Trivia about saudi arabia

  • Beginning in 1932 all this country's kings have been the country's founder or his sons
  • It's the largest country in the world without any permanent natural rivers or lakes
  • This country's Saud dynasty dates back to the mid-1400s
  • Ibn Saud founded this kingdom in 1932 & ruled until his death in 1953
  • Foreign embassies are located in Jiddah, some 500 miles from this country's capital, Riyadh
  • Arabie Saoudite
  • This mideastern member nation holds the world's largest reserves of petroleum
  • During his reign, 1953-1964, King Saud nearly bankrupted this country
  • Kings Faisal, Khalid & Fahd have all reigned over this country
  • This large Middle Eastern country did not abolish slavery until 1962
  • In 1953 Ibn Saud organized this country's first cabinet to modernize the government
  • In the Middle East, the 992-foot Kingdom Center is this country's tallest building
  • Kuwait
  • There are no permanent lakes in this country that's home to Mecca
  • This country has the largest crude oil reserves, about a quarter of the world's total
  • 1/3 the size of U.S., this royal kingdom has no rivers or lakes but lots of oil
  • 1980's "Death Of A Princess" dramatized the execution of a princess from this country & her lover's beheading
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  • A major Red Sea port, Jeddah is this country's second most populous city
  • Yemen & Oman
  • In 1985 this large Middle Eastern country's Prince Sultan became the first Arab astronaut
  • King Fahd bin Abdul Aziz
  • This Mideastern nation has the largest number of proven oil reserves by far
  • Green is a traditional Muslim color, as seen here on this country's flag
  • This Persian Gulf country merged two major state-owned oil companies, Aramco & Samarec
  • In 1982, Fahd succeeded Khalid as king of this country
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  • In 1985 this country's Prince Sultan became the first Arab astronaut
  • In 2005 Prince Bandar ended 22 years as this country's ambassador to the U.S.
  • The Khurais Project in this country's desert involves piping millions of barrels of water to pump up the oil
  • Qatar
  • A founding member of OPEC
  • This 830,000-square-mile kingdom is not a lifeless desert but teems with quince trees & wild gerbils
  • Riyadh
  • King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz reversed policy & allowed foreign fighters in this country in 1990
  • The King Fahd Causeway links the island nation of Bahrain to this country
  • The green flag of this kingdom has a white sword & the shahadah, the Muslim statement of faith, in white script
  • This country is the world's largest producer of crude oil & is home to the world's largest oil reserves
  • ...the Mosque of Quba & the Mosque of the two Qiblahs
  • The name of this Mideast country comes from the name of the royal family that rules it
  • The world's largest royal family, with over 4,000 princes, is the Al-Saud family of this Mideast country
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  • you're resting in Riyadh
  • ...Jidda, on the Red Sea & home to nearly 3 million in this country
  • You've won a case of sunscreen for your vacation to this kingdom formed by a man who named himself King of al-Hijaz
  • Jabal al-Noor, where the Koran began to be revealed to Muhammad, is on the reverse of its 20-riyal currency
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  • Ranked No. 22, this country's Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud is worth an estimated $13.3 billion
  • The Empty Quarter, most of which is in this country, is the largest continuous body of sand in the world
  • Seen here is a prince & later king of this country, visiting President Carter
  • Day-to-day stuff in this country has been handled by its king's half-brother, seen here
  • In 1964, Malcolm X journeyed to Mecca in this country as part of a religious pilgrimage
  • It's the country you're visiting if you've just landed at King Abdul Aziz International Airport

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