Riaydh : Capital
Official languages: Arabic
Currency: Saudi riyal
Officially the 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, the second-largest
in the Arab world, and the largest in Western Asia and the Middle
East. 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. Its capital and largest city is Riyadh.
The country is home to Mecca and Medina, the two holiest
cities in Islam.
