Saudi Arabia MapIts border meets Jordan in its northwest, Iraq in the north, Kuwait, Qatar and Bahrain in the northeast, UAE in the east, Oman in the southeast, Yemen in the south, while Persian gulf lies on the northeast and Red Sea in the west.
Area and PopulationAccording an estimate total population of KSA is 27.6 million. It is covering an area of 2,150,000 square kilometers. KSA is also called as "the Land of two Holy Masjids" because of Madina and Makkah. Abdul Aziz bin Saud founded the KSA. The major export of Saudi Arabia is petrol and it is the leading exporter of petrol in the world.
ClimateSaudi Arabia has extreme climate that is it is a very hot place, Saudi Arabia is an arid place where temperature reaches above 50 °C during summer season, and winter season contains snow on the higl altitude place such as mountains. The desert areas of Saudi Arabia even in summer season becomes cold during night times. Saudi Arabia customizes Saudi monarchy according to which Quran is the kingdom's constitution and Sharia rules are practiced and customized. The king of KSA is chosen by the royal family members and Ulema approval, he must be the senior member of the royal family. Sharia courts are customized in Saudi Arabia and King is the supreme court authority of Saudi Arabia. Women driving is banned in Saudi Arabia and a woman can drive only off-roads, on public roads women driving is banned.
Emirates of KSASaudi Arabia has fifteen (15) emirates that are further divided into govern orates.
These emirates are:
- Al Bahah (Al Bahah City)
- Northern Border (Arar)
- Al Jawf ( Al Jawf city)
- Madina (Madina)
- Al Qasim ( Buraidah)
- Hail (Hail city)
- Asir (Abha)
- Eastern Province ( Dammam)
- Al Riyadh (Riyadh city)
- Tabuk (Tabuk city)
- Najran ( Najran city)
- Makkah (Makkah)
- Jizan (Jizan city)
Foreign citizen population is approximately makes the 23% of the total population of kingdom. This is due to the fact that foreign workers most commonly skillwed and low skilled workers are in great numbers in Saudi Arabia and performing different jobs.
EducationKing Saudi University is the first university of Saudi Arabia, education is free in Saudi Arabia and it is open on equal basis for all Saudi citizen. Currently there are 20 universities, 24,000 schools and countless number of colleges in Saudi Arabia.
CultureSaudia Arabia practices Saudi monarchy according to which no kind of manipulated constitution is customized and only Holy Quran is the kingdom's constitution and Sharia rules are practiced and customized. Saudi Arabia receives large number of foreign labor. Arabic is the official language of Saudi Arabia and all communication and other activities are done in Arabic language. They strictly follows the Islamic rules and due to this alcohol and pork meals are strictly banned and forbidden, men wear long ankle coat and covers their heads with the piece of cloth that is tied in a coil. Women strictly enforced to wear Hijab and Abay
