Saudi Arabia Country Info - Asia

Description and Basic Information

Saudi Arabia with its capital Riyadh is located in Asia (Middle East, bordering the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea). It covers some 1,960,583 square kilometres (slightly more than one-fifth the size of the US) with 28,161,000 citizens. Arabic is the language spoken by the majority in Saudi Arabia. Qatar, Oman, Iraq, Yemen, Jordan, United Arab Emirates and Kuwait are bordering countries.

Saudi Arabia is a Middle Eastern country that occupies most of the Arabian peninsula and has coastlines on the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and Red Sea. Saudi Arabia is one of three countries named for their royal families, along with the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and also Liechtenstein. Entertainment in Saudi Arabia is very family-oriented. There are few activities for just couples or singles. Single men are not allowed in family areas: family beaches are partitioned from the bachelor beaches, for example. Women are expected to be accompanied by a male relative in public, although single women may be admitted into family areas.

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About Saudi Arabia

The terrain offers mostly uninhabited, sandy desert. The average density of population is about 14 per km². The climate in Saudi Arabia can be described as harsh, dry desert with great temperature extremes. Possible natural disasters include frequent sand and dust storms.

To reach someone in Saudi Arabia dial +966 prior to a number. There are 4,171,000 installed telephones. And there are 44,864,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 900 MHz and 3G. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".sa". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 127/220V - 60Hz. The following list are the 13 regions/states in Saudi Arabia we know off.

Demographic Statistics

In the year 2010, the total Saudi or Saudi Arabian population grew at a rate of 1.75% (or by 511,127 citizens). With 71,558 deaths and 823,937 babies born, the natural increase rate lies at 2.58%. -241,252 persons more in total emmigrated from the country than immigrated.

An overview of age distribution in Saudi Arabia: Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

Based on content from wikitravel.org. The original article can be found here based on the work of these users.
Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.