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Saudi Arabia Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA ), is a country in West Asia and the Middle East . It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula and has a land area of about 2150 000 km2 (830000 sq mi), making it the fifth-largest country in Asia and the largest in the Middle East. It is bordered by the Red Sea to the west; Jordan , Iraq , and Kuwait to the north; the Persian Gulf , Qatar and the United Arab Emirates to the east; Oman to the southeast; and Yemen to the south. Bahrain is an island country off its east coast. The Gulf of Aqaba in the northwest separates Saudi Arabia from Egypt and Israel . 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 . The capital and largest city is Riyadh ; the kingdom also hosts Islam's two holiest cities of Mecca and Medina . (Full article...
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Image 1 Nasseef House is a historical structure in
Al-Balad ,
Jeddah , Saudi Arabia. As of 2009 it is a museum and cultural center which has special exhibits and lectures given by historians.
Image 2 Sunset view from
Farasan Island , the largest island of the
Farasan Islands , in the
Red Sea . It is located some 50 km offshore from
Jizan , the far southwestern part of Saudi Arabia.
Image 3 A view of
Jabal Sawda , a peak located in Saudi Arabia, with an elevation of around 3,000 metres (9,843 ft).
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The following are images from various Saudi Arabia-related articles on Wikipedia.
Image 2 The surviving insurgents of the
seizure of the Grand Mosque, 1979 under custody of Saudi authorities,
c. 1980 . (from
History of Saudi Arabia )
Image 3 Sections of Saudi Arabia and neighbouring countries formed a part of the Roman Empire. (from
History of Saudi Arabia )
Image 4 Red and white
keffiyeh commonly worn in the desert held with a black
agal (from
Culture of Saudi Arabia )
Image 5 King Abdullah practicing
falconry , a traditional pursuit in Saudi Arabia (from
Culture of Saudi Arabia )
Image 6 Residential homes in
Yanbu (from
Culture of Saudi Arabia )
Image 7 Supplicating pilgrim at
Masjid Al Haram , Mecca (from
Culture of Saudi Arabia )
Image 9 Abdulaziz Al Saud , founder of Saudi Arabia (from
History of Saudi Arabia )
Image 10 Bisht Being Sewn in
Al-Ahsa (from
Culture of Saudi Arabia )
Image 11 A family fishing in
Jeddah (from
Culture of Saudi Arabia )
Image 12 A Saudi woman
riding a horse at
Souk Okaz , a yearly cultural festival in the outskirts of
Taif (from
Culture of Saudi Arabia )
Image 14 Saudi males dressed and prepared for
ardah , the national dance. It also includes swords, poetry, and singing. (from
Culture of Saudi Arabia )
Image 15 Pakistani workers at Al Masjid Nabawi (the
Prophet's Mosque ) in
Medina (from
Culture of Saudi Arabia )
Image 16 VOX Cinemas movie theater (center) at
Riyadh Front in 2023 (from
Culture of Saudi Arabia )
Image 17 Wedding in Saudi Arabia (from
Culture of Saudi Arabia )
Image 18 The
tribes of Arabia at the time of the
spread of Islam (expandable map) (from
History of Saudi Arabia )
Image 19 Wall painted with Al-Qatt Al-Asiri (from
Culture of Saudi Arabia )
Image 20 Abdulaziz (left) and Farouk checking an
Egyptian Army unit in 1946. Other people picture include princes
Fahd ,
Abdullah , and
Mishaal , as well as prince
Muhammad Abdel Moneim . (from
History of Saudi Arabia )
Image 21 Saudi woman wearing a
niqāb in Riyadh. Many women commonly wear a niqab or a burqa in Saudi Arabia. (from
Culture of Saudi Arabia )
Image 23 Faisal (left) and Nasser in Cairo, 1969 (from
History of Saudi Arabia )
Image 24 The Rashidun Caliphate reached its greatest extent under Caliph
Uthman ,
c. 654 (from
History of Saudi Arabia )
Image 25 Soldiers in the Arab Army during the Arab Revolt of 1916–1918, carrying the
Flag of the Arab Revolt and pictured in the Arabian Desert. (from
History of Saudi Arabia )
Image 26 Dammam No. 7 , the oil well where commercial volumes of oil were first discovered in Saudi Arabia on March 4, 1938. (from
History of Saudi Arabia )
Image 27 The Arabian Peninsula in 1914 (from
History of Saudi Arabia )
Image 29 Abdulaziz (left) and Roosevelt aboard USS
Quincy during their historic 1945 meeting (from
History of Saudi Arabia )
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