Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia commonly known as Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia is the birthplace of Islam and home to Islam's two holiest shrines in Mecca and Medina. The king's official title is the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques.

Basic information

Saudi Arabia occupies most of the Arabian Peninsula, with the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba to the west and the Persian Gulf to the east. Neighboring countries are Jordan, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, the Sultanate of Oman, Yemen, and Bahrain, connected to the Saudi mainland by a causeway. Saudi Arabia contains the world's largest continuous sand desert, the Rub Al-Khali, or Empty Quarter. Its oil region lies primarily in the eastern province along the Persian Gulf.

National Language

Arabic

Currency

 Saudi Riyal

Religion

Islam

National day

September 23 when current Saudi Arabia was built

Saudia Arabia Kings

In short 6 kings from 1932 to till today

King

 Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz

National Anthem

AashAlMaleek"
"Long live the King"

Two Holy places in Saudia Arabia

In Mecca Masjid al-Haram and in Madina Masjid Al-Nabawi

Otherswise there holy place of Muslim the other in falastin now a days in territory of israil

Area  

Total                            2,149,690 km² (14th)
830,000 sq mi   

Water (%)                    0.7%

History

.The modern Saudi state was founded in 1932 by ABD AL-AZIZ bin Abd al-Rahman Al SAUD (Ibn Saud) after a 30-year campaign to unify most of the Arabian Peninsula. A male descendent of Ibn Saud, his son ABDALLAH bin Abd al-Aziz, rules the country today as required by the country's 1992 Basic Law. Following Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in 1990, Saudi Arabia accepted the Kuwaiti royal family and 400,000 refugees while allowing Western and Arab troops to deploy on its soil for the liberation of Kuwait the following year. Major terrorist attacks in May and November 2003 spurred a strong on-going campaign against domestic terrorism and extremism. King ABDALLAH has continued the cautious reform program begun when he was crown prince.. The king instituted an Inter-Faith Dialogue initiative in 2008 to encourage religious tolerance on a global level; in February 2009, he reshuffled the cabinet, which led to more moderates holding ministerial and judicial positions, and appointed the first female to the cabinet. The country remains a leading producer of oil and natural gas and holds more than 20% of the world's proven oil reserves. The government continues to pursue economic reform and diversification, particularly since Saudi Arabia's accession to the WTO in December 2005, and promotes foreign investment in the kingdom. A burgeoning population, aquifer depletion, and an economy largely dependent on petroleum output and prices are all ongoing governmental concerns.

Culture

Saudi Arabian culture mainly revolves around both Islamic and tribal values. Islam's two holiest sites, Mecca and Medina, are located in the country. Five times every day, Muslims are called to prayer from the minarets of mosques which are scattered around the country. The weekend begins on Thursday due to Friday being the holiest day for Muslims. Most Muslim countries have a Thursday-Friday or Friday-Saturday weekend Saudi Arabia's cultural heritage is celebrated at the annual Jenadriyah cultural festival.

Music & Dance

One of Saudi Arabia's most compelling folk rituals is the Al Ardha, the country's national dance. Al-sihba folk music, from the Hejaz, has its origins in al-Andalus. In Mecca, Medina and Jeddah, dance and song incorporate the sound of the mizmar, an oboe-like woodwind instrument in the performance of the Mizmar dance

Dress

Saudi Arabian dress strictly follows the principles of hijab (the Islamic principle of modesty, especially in dress).

Film and theater

Public theaters and cinemas were prohibited as several Saudi ulama(expertise in Islamic studies) deemed those institutions to be incompatible with Islam. However, lately (as of 2009), a reform is being undertaken in the country, in which several cinemas and movies had been shown under serious objections raised by several Saudi groups.^[

Literature

Some Saudi novelists have had their books published in Beirut, Lebanon, because of censorship in Saudi Arabia. Despite signs of increasing openness, Saudi novelists and artists in film, theatre, and the visual arts face greater restrictions on their freedom of expression than in the West. Contemporary Saudi novelists include:

Economy

Saudi Arabia's command economy is petroleum-based; roughly 75% of budget revenues and 90% of export earnings come from the oil industry. The oil industry comprises about 45% of Saudi Arabia's gross domestic product, compared with 40% from the private sector (see below). Saudi Arabia officially has about 260 billion barrels (4.1×10¹⁰ m³) of oil reserves, comprising about one-fifth of the world's proven total petroleum reserves.

Education

When Saudi Arabia formally became a nation in 1932, education was largely limited to instruction for a select few in Islamic schools. Today, public education—from primary education through high school—is open and free to every citizen. Parents are not, however, required to send their children to school. Statistics from 1996 estimated that only about 61 percent of children attended school

Sports

Men can often be found playing sports. Women rarely participate in sports, and always away from the presence of men; this often leads to indoor gyms. Even though association football is the most popular sport, Saudi Arabia has recently participated in the Summer Olympic Games and in international competitions in volleyball and other sports. The Saudi Arabian national youth baseball team has also participated in the Little League World Series. The Saudi Arabia national football team is often most known for competing four consecutive times in the FIFA World Cup and six times in the AFC Asian Cup.

Analysis

Despite high levels of GDP and foreign exchange reserves owing largely to healthy oil revenues, the future holds many challenges for achieving and sustaining human development in Saudi Arabia. With a significant poverty rate, growing regional disparities, depleting oil reserves and increasing challenges from the process of globalization and social change, there are serious challenges to ensuring that the benefits of industrialization and development are shared broadly throughout the Kingdom and that adequate human capacities are developed to achieve long-term development goals.

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Saudi Arabia is divided into 13 provinces

It has an estimated population of 28 million

Saudi Arabia has the world's largest oil reserves and is the world's largest oil exporter. Oil accounts for more than 90% of exports and nearly 75% of government revenues, facilitating the creation of a welfare state,^[5][6] which the government has found difficult to fund during periods of low oil prices. Saudi Arabia has been the world's most generous donor nation per capita, donating £49 billion in aid in the past three decades, but almost exclusively to Muslim countries

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Country United States Federal district District of Columbia Named for George Washington Government  - Mayor Vincent C. Gray (D)  - D.C. Council Kwame R. Brown (D), Chair Area  - City 68.3 sq mi (177.0 km²)  - Land 61.4 sq mi (159.0 km²)  - Water 6.9 sq mi (18.0 km²) Elevation 0–409 ft (0–125 m) Population (2010 city, 2009 metro)^[1][2]  - City 601,723 (27th in U.S.)  - Density 9,800.0/sq mi (3,784.4/km²)  - Metro 5.4 million (8th in U.S.)  - Demonym Washingtonian Time zone EST (UTC-5)  - Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4) ZIP code(s) 20001-20098, 20201-20599 Area code(s) 202 Website www.dc.gov

Sport

Washington, D.C. is home to five major professional men's teams. The Washington Wizards (National Basketball Association) and the Washington Capitals (National Hockey League) both play at the Verizon Center (right) in Chinatown. Nationals Park, which opened in Southeast D.C. in 2008, is home to the Washington Nationals (Major League Baseball). D.C. United (Major League Soccer) plays at RFK Stadium. The Washington Redskins (National Football League) play at nearby FedExField in Landover, Maryland.

Culture

The National Mall is a large, open park area in the center of the city. Located in the center of the Mall are the Washington Monument and the Jefferson Pier. Also located on the mall are the Lincoln Memorial, the National World War II Memorial at the east end of the Reflecting Pool, the Korean War Veterans Memorial, and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.^[112] The National Archives houses thousands of documents important to American history including the Declaration of Independence, the United States Constitution, and the Bill of Rights

District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) operates the city's public school system, which consists of 167 schools and learning centers.^[166] The number of students in DCPS has steadily decreased since 1999. In the 2008–09 school year, 46,208 students were enrolled in the public school system.^[167] DCPS has one of the highest-cost yet lowest-performing school systems in the country, both in terms of infrastructure and student achievement.^[168] Mayor Adrian Fenty's new superintendent of DCPS, Chancellor Michelle Rhee, has made sweeping changes to the system by closing schools, replacing teachers, firing principals, and using private education firms to aid curriculum development.