Place details
Place nameSaudi Arabia
Other namesAl-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 Arabië, Saudi-Arabien, Arabia Saudita, Arábia Saudita, SAU, SA, ISO682, SA00, Saudi Arabian
Latitude25
Longitude45
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
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.