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Saudi Arabia Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA ), is a country in Western Asia . It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula and has a land area of about 2,150,000 km2 (830,000 sq mi), making it the fifth-largest country in Asia and the largest in the Middle East . It is bordered by the Red Sea to the west; Jordan , Iraq , and Kuwait to the north; the Persian Gulf , Bahrain , Qatar and the United Arab Emirates to the east; Oman to the southeast; and Yemen to the south. The Gulf of Aqaba in the northwest separates Saudi Arabia from Egypt and Israel . Saudi Arabia is the only country with a coastline along both the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf, and most of its terrain consists of arid desert , lowland, steppe, and mountains . The capital and largest city is Riyadh ; other major cities include Jeddah and the two holiest cities in Islam , Mecca and Medina . With a population of almost 32.2 million , Saudi Arabia is the fourth most populous country in the Arab world . (Full article...
Riyadh ree-YAHD Arabic : الرياض , romanized : ar-Riyāḍ standard pronunciation:[ar.riˈjaːdˤ] Najdi pronunciation:[er.rɪˈjɑːðˤ] lit. ' the Meadows ' ) is the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia . It is also the capital of the Riyadh Province and the centre of the Riyadh Governorate . The current form of the metropolis emerged as an offshoot of the eponymous walled town following the dismantling of its defensive fortifications in the 1950s, after which the city underwent several phases of expansion and urbanization.
It is the
largest city on the
Arabian Peninsula , and is situated in the center of the
an-Nafud desert, on the eastern part of the
Najd plateau . The city sits at an average of 600 meters (2,000 ft) above sea level, and receives around 5 million
tourists each year, making it the
forty-ninth most visited city in the world and the 6th in the
Middle East . Riyadh had a population of 7.0 million people in 2022, making it the
most-populous city in
Saudi Arabia ,
3rd most populous in the Middle East, and the
38th most populous in
Asia . (
Full article... )
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The national federation was created in 1956 and became a FIFA affiliate in 1956. However women's football is not included in the country's FIFA coordinated Goals! project. By 2011, inside the
Saudi Arabia Football Federation , there has been an effort to create women's football programs at universities. Input had been sought on how to do this from other national federations including ones from the
United States ,
Germany ,
Brazil and the
United Kingdom . (
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Image 1 Nasseef House is a historical structure in
Al-Balad ,
Jeddah , Saudi Arabia. As of 2009 it is a museum and cultural center which has special exhibits and lectures given by historians.
Image 2 A view of
Jabal Sawda , a peak located in Saudi Arabia, with an elevation of around 3,000 metres (9,843 ft).
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Image 3 Sunset view from
Farasan Island , the largest island of the
Farasan Islands , in the
Red Sea . It is located some 50 km offshore from
Jizan , the far southwestern part of Saudi Arabia.
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The following are images from various Saudi Arabia-related articles on Wikipedia.
Image 1 VOX Cinemas movie theater (center) at
Riyadh Front in 2023 (from
Culture of Saudi Arabia )
Image 2 Bisht Being Sewn in
Al-Ahsa (from
Culture of Saudi Arabia )
Image 3 The surviving insurgents of the
seizure of the Grand Mosque, 1979 under custody of Saudi authorities,
c. 1980 . (from
History of Saudi Arabia )
Image 4 Saudi males dressed and prepared for
ardah , the national dance. It also includes swords, poetry, and singing. (from
Culture of Saudi Arabia )
Image 5 Residential homes in
Yanbu (from
Culture of Saudi Arabia )
Image 7 The
tribes of Arabia at the time of the
spread of Islam (expandable map) (from
History of Saudi Arabia )
Image 8 A family fishing in
Jeddah (from
Culture of Saudi Arabia )
Image 9 The Arabian Peninsula in 1914 (from
History of Saudi Arabia )
Image 10 Supplicating pilgrim at
Masjid Al Haram , Mecca (from
Culture of Saudi Arabia )
Image 11 Saudi woman wearing a
niqāb in Riyadh. Many women commonly wear a niqab or a burqa in Saudi Arabia. (from
Culture of Saudi Arabia )
Image 12 Dammam No. 7 , the oil well where commercial volumes of oil were first discovered in Saudi Arabia on March 4, 1938. (from
History of Saudi Arabia )
Image 15 King Abdullah practicing
falconry , a traditional pursuit in Saudi Arabia (from
Culture of Saudi Arabia )
Image 17 Sections of Saudi Arabia and neighbouring countries formed a part of the Roman Empire. (from
History of Saudi Arabia )
Image 18 Faisal (left) and Nasser in Cairo, 1969 (from
History of Saudi Arabia )
Image 20 A Saudi woman
riding a horse at
Souk Okaz , a yearly cultural festival in the outskirts of
Taif (from
Culture of Saudi Arabia )
Image 21 Wall painted with Al-Qatt Al-Asiri (from
Culture of Saudi Arabia )
Image 22 Abdulaziz (left) and Farouk checking an
Egyptian Army unit in 1946. Other people picture include princes
Fahd ,
Abdullah , and
Mishaal , as well as prince
Muhammad Abdel Moneim . (from
History of Saudi Arabia )
Image 23 Red and white
keffiyeh commonly worn in the desert held with a black
agal (from
Culture of Saudi Arabia )
Image 24 The Rashidun Caliphate reached its greatest extent under Caliph
Uthman ,
c. 654 (from
History of Saudi Arabia )
Image 25 Pakistani workers at Al Masjid Nabawi (the
Prophet's Mosque ) in
Medina (from
Culture of Saudi Arabia )
Image 26 Abdulaziz (left) and Roosevelt aboard USS
Quincy during their historic 1945 meeting (from
History of Saudi Arabia )
Image 27 Soldiers in the Arab Army during the Arab Revolt of 1916–1918, carrying the
Flag of the Arab Revolt and pictured in the Arabian Desert. (from
History of Saudi Arabia )
Image 28 Abdulaziz Al Saud , founder of Saudi Arabia (from
History of Saudi Arabia )
Image 29 Wedding in Saudi Arabia (from
Culture of Saudi Arabia )
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