Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia (i/ˌsɔːd əˈrbiə/, i/ˌs-/), officially known as the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is an Arab state in Western Asia constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula. With a land area of approximately 2,150,000 km2 (830,000 sq mi), Saudi Arabia is geographically the second-largest state in the Arab world after Algeria. Saudi Arabia is bordered by Jordan and Iraq to the north, Kuwait to the northeast, Qatar, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates to the east, Oman to the southeast, and Yemen to the south. It is the only nation with both a Red Sea coast and a Persian Gulf coast, and most of its terrain consists of arid inhospitable desert or barren landforms.

The area of modern-day Saudi Arabia formerly consisted of four distinct regions: Hejaz, Najd, and parts of Eastern Arabia (Al-Ahsa) and Southern Arabia ('Asir). The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was founded in 1932 by Ibn Saud. He united the four regions into a single state through a series of conquests beginning in 1902 with the capture of Riyadh, the ancestral home of his family, the House of Saud. The country has since been an absolute monarchy, effectively a hereditary dictatorship governed along Islamic lines. The ultra-conservative Wahhabism religious movement within Sunni Islam has been called "the predominant feature of Saudi culture", with its global spreading largely financed by the oil and gas trade. Saudi Arabia is sometimes called "the Land of the Two Holy Mosques" in reference to Al-Masjid al-Haram (in Mecca), and Al-Masjid an-Nabawi (in Medina), the two holiest places in Islam. The Kingdom has a total population of 28.7 million, of which 20 million are Saudi nationals and 8 million are foreigners.

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ATS cracks down on illegal immigration, arrests B’desh couple with forged docus

The Times of India 23 Dec 2024
They also found a Saudi ID, E-shram card, ... The couple even travelled to Dubai, Saudi Arabia and Bangladesh using these documents,' Chaudhary said.A case was registered at the ATS police station in Lucknow under the Passport Act, Foreigners Act and relevant sections of the IPC....
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Bitget Makes Debut In Saudi Arabia At ETH Riyadh, Accelerating Blockchain Innovation In The Region

MENA FN 21 Dec 2024
(MENAFN - B2Press) Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – Bitget, the leading cryptocurrency exchange and Web3 company made its first-ever appearance in Saudi Arabia at the ETH Riyadh event. As one of the key ... ....
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LyondellBasell to Open Regional Corporate Office in Saudi Arabia at KAFD

MENA FN 16 Dec 2024
(MENAFN - SASH & Comoany) Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 16th December 2024. LyondellBasell (LYB), a global leader in the chemical industry and one of the world–s largest producers of polymers and a ... ....
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Haj Quota Of India Fixed By Saudi Arabia At 1,75,025 Pilgrims: Govt In Rajya Sabha

MENA FN 10 Dec 2024
(MENAFN - Kashmir Observer) New Delhi- The Haj quota of India for 2025 is fixed by Saudi Arabia at 1,75,025 pilgrims and has been distributed between the Haj Committee of India (HCoI) and Haj Group ... ....
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Haj Quota Of India Fixed By Saudi Arabia At 1,75,025 Pilgrims: Government

NDTV 09 Dec 2024
The Haj quota of India for 2025 is fixed by Saudi Arabia at 1,75,025 pilgrims and has been distributed between the Haj Committee of India (HCoI) and Haj Group Organisers (HGO), the government informed... ....

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