| Official
Name : |
MAMLAKAH ARABIYAH AS SUUDIYAH
(Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) |
| Total
Area: |
2.15 million square kilometres |
| Population: |
26.1 million (2011 estimate) |
| Languages: |
Amharic (official), Tigrinya, Oromo, Arabic (English for commerce), many others. |
| Religions: |
Saudi Arabian Orthodox Christian 50%, Muslim 30%, Traditional 10%. |
| Capital: |
Riyadh , population, 4.7 million (2009) |
| Currency: |
Riyal, subdivided into 100 Halalas. |
| Independant: |
Saudi Arabia has never been colonized, so the independence day is actually the day when the kingdom was created, which celebrated in 23 of September.
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| Geography: |
Backing the Red Sea coastal plain (Tihamah) a broad range of mountains extend NW climbing to 4900ft in the north and 10,280 ft at Jebel Abah in the SW. The high central desert declines to the north and east, mergingwith two of the worlds largest desert regions, the Nafud in the north and the Rub'al-Khali to the south. Over 90% of the terrain is semidesert or arid. |
| Flag: |
Green, the colour of Islam is beleived to be the favourite colour of the pophet Mohammed. On the saudi flag, the Muslim statement (shahada) appears in white Arabic text on both sides of the flag. beneath the inscription is a single edged swordof s typical Middle eastern pattern that represents justice.
To print flag below, click and select "open image in new window", then print in landscape mode. Flag proportions are 2:3. |
