SAUDI ARABIA
(Kingdom of Saudi Arabia)

Capital: Riyadh (Are Riyad)

Flag: national flag is flown in white on the green field by an inscription in Arabic: "There is no god, except Allah, and Mohammad is Allah's envoy". Above an inscription there is a long white sword; the handle of a sword is on the fly.

Anthem: The national anthem is a short tool selection.

Currency: The Saudi rial (sr) is divided into 20 qursh (piastres), in turn divided on 5 halala. There are coins from 1, 5, 10, 25, 50 and 100 halal and notes of 1, 5, 10, 50, 100 and 500 rials. sr1 = $0.26667 (or $1 = sr3.75).

WEIGHT AND MEASURES: The system of metrics was officially accepted.

Saudi Arabia, droughty, sparsely populated kingdom of the Middle East.

HOLIDAYS: Muslim religious holidays include the 1st Mukharram (Muslim New year), "Ides al-Fitr" and "Eid al-Adha".

TIME: 15:00 - 12:00.

ARRANGEMENT, SIZE AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The capital of Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, is located in the east central part of the country. Saudi Arabia makes about four fifth Arabian Peninsula in Southwest Asia. Though Saudi Arabia, as we know, is the third largest country in Asia, after China and India, it is difficult to define its exact area as some of its borders aren't completely differentiated. According to the United Nations (UN), the nation has the area of 1 960 582 sq.km (756 985 quarter. Miles); it extends 2,295 km (1,426 miles) of ese-wnw and 1423 km (884 miles) of N-Sep. Rather, the area occupied with Saudi Arabia is a little less, than on a quarter of the size of the United States. Saudi Arabia is limited on Jordan and Iraq; in Cuba; in the Persian Gulf, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates (UAE); on the place of Oman; in the South and in Yemen; and across the Black Sea and the Gulf of Akaba, with the general estimated border of sushi 4 431 km long (2753 miles) and the coastline of 2640 km (1640 miles).

The islands of Farazan belonging to Saudi Arabia include about 120 islands in the Red Sea, the largest of which is Farasan-al-Kabir which area is about 395 sq.km (152 quarter. Miles).
In 1965 the agreement that the neutral zone separating Saudi Arabia from Kuwait was administratively distributed between two countries was reached; however Kuwait and Saudi Arabia continue to discuss sea border with Iran. The dispute between Saudi Arabia and to again formed UAE over control of an oasis of Buraimi was settled in 1974 when they reached the agreement establishing the general border; however details of this contract weren't published at the end of 2005.