[38][39] saudi arabia is a member of the gulf cooperation council, united nations, organisation of islamic cooperation, arab league, and opec, as well as a dialogue partner of the shanghai cooperation organisation. Saudi arabia is a sparsely populated kingdom in the middle east, known for its oil industry and ruled by the saud family that embraced the conservative wahhabi islamic movement in the 18th century. There are no photos for saudi arabia Visit the definitions and notes page to view a description of each topic. Saudi arabia is bounded by the red sea in the west and the persian gulf in the east The country borders iraq, jordan, kuwait, oman, qatar, united arab emirates, and yemen.
Geography the kingdom of saudi arabia is the largest country in the arabian peninsula and located in the southwest corner of asia, the kingdom is at the crossroads of europe, asia and africa It is surrounded by the red sea on the west, by yemen and oman on the south, the arabian gulf and the united arab emirates and qatar on the east, and jordan,iraq and kuwait on the north Plan your trip to saudi arabia with visit saudi Saudi arabia in depth country profile Unique hard to find content on saudi arabia Includes customs, culture, history, geography, economy current events, photos, video, and more.
Extending from the red sea in the west to the arabian gulf in the east Bordered on the north by jordan, iraq and kuwait, on the south, by yemen and oman, and on the east by the united arab emirates, qatar and bahrain. The history of the kingdom of saudi arabia begins properly on september 23, 1932, when by royal decree the dual kingdom of the hejaz and najd with its dependencies, administered since 1927 as two separate units, was unified under the name of the kingdom of saudi arabia The chief immediate effect was to increase the unity of the kingdom and to decrease. It has an estimated population of 27 million, of which 8.8 million are registered foreign expatriates and an estimated 1.5 million are illegal immigrants.
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