The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia occupies the largest part of the Arabian Peninsula, and consists of narrow plains on the Red Sea coast (Tihama plains), followed, to the east, by mountain ranges extending along the country (the Hijaz and Asir mountains, the highest of which exceeds 2000 m), then deserts and rocky plateaus in the center (90% of the total area), the largest of which is the Nafud Desert in the north and the Empty Quarter in the south. As for the east, and along the coast of the Arabian Gulf, there are vast coastal plains.

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is located in the far southwest of the Asian continent, bordered to the west by the Red Sea, to the east by the Arabian Gulf, the Kingdom of Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, the State of Qatar, to the north by the State of Kuwait, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, and the Republic of Iraq, and to the south by the Sultanate of Oman and the Republic of Yemen.

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia occupies four-fifths of the Arabian Peninsula, with an area estimated at more than 2,250,000 square kilometers.

The terrain of the Kingdom is diverse due to its vast area. Along the Red Sea is the coastal Tihama plain, which is about 1,100 kilometers long and widens to 60 kilometers in the south and narrows as it heads north at the Gulf of Aqaba. To the east of this plain rises the towering Sarawat Mountains, whose height ranges between 9,000 feet in the south and gradually decreases as it heads north to reach 3,000 feet. Large valleys descend from it heading east and west, such as the Jazan Valley, the Najran Valley, the Tathleeth Valley, the Bisha Valley, the Hamd Valley, the Ramah Valley, the Yanbu Valley, and the Fatima Valley. This chain is followed from the east by the Najd Plateau and its highlands, which end in the east with the Dahna dunes and the Summan Desert, and in the south by an area interspersed with the Dawasir Valley and bordering the Rub' al Khali Desert. From the north, the Najd plains extend to the Hail region until they connect with the Great Nafud Desert and then the borders of Iraq and Jordan. There are also some mountainous heights such as the Tuwaiq Mountains. Al-Aridh, Aja and Salma, while the Rub' al-Khali desert forms the southeastern part of the Kingdom and is a large desert area estimated at 640,000 square kilometers consisting of sand dunes and salt marshes. As for the eastern coastal plain, which is about 610 kilometers long, it consists of salt marshes and sandy areas.

Industry in Saudi Arabia is linked to oil and natural gas: refining and petrochemicals. The most important industrial products are: cement, tar, steel bars, ethylene, animal feed, ethylene glycol, industrial ethanol, ethylene dichloride, stearin, caustic soda, nitrogen, citric acid, oxygen, melamine. There is also seawater desalination and the food industry. Desalination of seawater consumes about 100 million square meters of water per year. This amount is nothing compared to the 9,500 million cubic meters provided annually by groundwater and consumed by agriculture. In parallel, the Kingdom is witnessing significant growth today in the field of agricultural-food industries and the consumer goods industry, which is based on private capital.

First in oil production and reserves, fifth in natural gas reserves, ninth in natural gas production, finally, thousands of pilgrims visit the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia annually to perform the Hajj in Mecca and Medina, which has forced the state to provide housing, food and medical care, sufficient to accommodate this huge number

• Area: 2,250,000 square kilometers
• Population: 35,013,414 people
• Density: 7.9 people per square kilometer
• Capital: Riyadh 8,002,100 people
• Language: Arabic (official)
• Currency: Saudi Riyal

The flag of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is rectangular in shape, its width is equal to two-thirds of its length, its background is green, and in the middle is the Shahada (There is no god but Allah, Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah) in Thuluth script, and below it is an Arab sword, its handle pointing towards the flagpole, drawn in white. It is not permissible to lower it or let it touch the ground or water, out of respect for the Shahada written on it.

The emblem of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia consists of two crossed curved Arab swords topped by a palm tree. The two swords symbolize strength, immunity, and sacrifice, while the palm tree symbolizes vitality, growth, and prosperity.

The basic unit of currency of the Kingdom is the Saudi Riyal, which is covered by gold and convertible to foreign currencies and is equal to 100 halalas. The currency denominations are: paper: one riyal, five riyals, ten riyals, twenty riyals, fifty riyals, one hundred riyals, two hundred riyals and five hundred riyals. Coins: one riyal, fifty halalas, twenty-five halalas, ten halalas and five halalas. The US dollar is equivalent to 3.75 riyals (three riyals and seventy-five halalas).

The Kingdom adopts the metric system for measurement, and the kilogram for weight.

Official holidays in the Kingdom are as follows

• Weekend: Friday and Saturday
• Eid al-Fitr holiday: starts from the twenty-fifth of Ramadan to the fifth of Shawwal and lasts from ten days to two weeks depending on whether it coincides with the weekend
• Eid al-Adha holiday: starts from the fifth of Dhu al-Hijjah to the fifteenth of it
• Government departments and institutions are closed during these holidays.

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