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Official Name: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Capital: Riyadh
Government Leader: King Fahad bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud
Population: 17.050.934 (1992 estimate)
Land Area: 2.331.000 sq km (900.000 sq mi)
Official Language: Arabic is the official language in Saudi arabia. However, English is widely spoken in business.
Currency: Saudi Riyal. 3.75 riyals=$1
Time: GMT+3
Flag Green with a white Arabic script on the middle translates to: "There is no God but Allah and Mohammed is his prophet".
Calendar: Officially, Saudi Arabia uses the Islamic, or "Hijra" calendar. Islamic dates are calculated from the year that the prophet Mohammed migrated (hijra) from Makkah to Medina in the year 622 AD.
The Islamic calendar is based on a lunar year rather than the solar one used in the West. A lunar month, therefore, is the time between two successive new moons. Although the Islamic year contains twelve months, the lunar year is shorter than the solar year by eleven days. As a result, the holy days and the months themselves shift gradually from one season to another. It is important to remember that the Islamic year bears no relation to the seasons.
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Occupying four-fifths of the Arabian peninsula, Saudi Arabia is the largest country in the Middle East. Locating in south-western Asia, the country is at the crossroads of two continents: Asia and Africa.
On the west Saudi Arabia is bordered by the Red Sea and on the east by the Arabian Gulf. To the south there are borders with Yemen and Oman. In the north Saudi Arabia has borders with Kuwait, Iraq and Jordan To the east lie the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and the island state of Bahrain.
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