Al-Mamlaka al-Arabiya as-Saudiy (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia)
Capital
Riyadh
Population estimate (2015)
31·54 million
Internet domain extension
.sa
Currency
The unit of currency is the rial (SAR), which consists of 100 halalah.
Territory
Saudi Arabia, which occupies nearly 80% of the Arabian peninsula, is bounded in the west by the Red Sea, east by the Persian Gulf, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, north by Jordan, Iraq and Kuwait and south by Yemen and Oman.
Language
The official language is Arabic.
Source: The Statesman's Yearbook 2018. Palgrave Macmillan, London
Al-Mamlaka al-Arabiya as-Saudiya (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia)
Capital
Riyadh
Population estimate (2015)
31·54 million
Internet domain extension
.sa
Currency
The unit of currency is the rial (SAR), which consists of 100 halalah.
Territory
Saudi Arabia, which occupies nearly 80% of the Arabian peninsula, is bounded in the west by the Red Sea, east by the Persian Gulf, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, north by Jordan, Iraq and Kuwait and south by Yemen and Oman.
Language
The official language is Arabic.
Source: The Statesman's Yearbook 2018. Palgrave Macmillan, London