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Saudi Arabia

📖 In short

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is the biggest country in the Arabian Peninsula, and its capital is Riyadh. It has the two holiest places for Muslims: the Sacred Mosque in Makkah, with the noble Kaaba at its center, and the Prophet's Mosque in Madinah.

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The Rub al-Khali covers about 640 thousand square kilometers.
The Tuwaiq range stretches about 1100 kilometers.
The currency is the Saudi riyal.
Saudi Arabia faces the Red Sea to the west and the Arabian Gulf to the east.

🗂️ Fact file

Capital: Riyadh
Official language: Arabic
Official name: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Currency: The Saudi riyal. 1 US dollar equals 3.75 Saudi riyals
Area: About 2,000,000 km²
Population: 20,786,000 people

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🌟 The Muslims' qibla

Muslims all over the world face the Kaaba in Makkah when they pray. And every year millions of pilgrims come from every country to perform the Hajj.

🔍 Vast deserts

Saudi Arabia has the Rub al-Khali, one of the largest continuous sand deserts in the world, with its tall golden dunes. In the north is the red Nafud desert.

💡 Mountains and valleys

Saudi Arabia isn't all sand: in the southwest are the cool green Asir mountains, in the center the long Tuwaiq range, and on the Red Sea beautiful beaches and coral reefs.

🎯 Ancient remains

Saudi Arabia has very old remains, like the city of al-Hijr in al-Ula, with tombs carved into rock by the Nabataeans more than two thousand years ago.