Saudi Arabia

Broader Places
Asia (68877), Achaemenid Empire (872), Middle East (7287)

Place Type  nation
Other Place Types
primary political unit, independent sovereign nation, kingdom

Alternative Terms
Al-Arabiyah as-Suudiyah; Al-Mamlakah al-Arabiyah as-Saudiyah; Al-Mamlaka al-'Arabiya as-Sa'udiya; Al-Arabiyah as-Saudiyah; Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; Arabie saoudite; Royaume d'Arabie saoudite; Saoedi Arabie; Saudi-Arabien; Arabia Saudita; Arábia Saudita; SAU; SA; ISO682; SA00; Saudi Arabian

Latitude  25.000
Longitude  45.000

Area shares history with Arabian Peninsula; dual kingdom of Nejd and Hejaz formed 1926 by ibn-Saud; later renamed as single kingdom; boundary disputes with neighbors 1930s-1950s; boundaries with Yemen, Oman, and United Arab Emirates are still not defined; official language is Arabic.

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