Question

Write
10 points about Saudi Arabia​

Answer 1

Answer:

Saudi Arabia,[c] officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,[d] is a country 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 largest sovereign state in Western Asia, the second-largest in the Arab world (after Algeria), the fifth-largest in Asia, and the 12th-largest in the world. 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 separated from Egypt and Israel by the Gulf of Aqaba. It is the only country with both a Red Sea coast and a Persian Gulf coast, and most of its terrain consists of arid desert, lowland and mountains. As of October 2018, the Saudi economy was the largest in the Middle East and the 18th largest in the world.[10] Saudi Arabia also has one of the world's youngest populations, with approximately 50 percent of its population of 34.2 million being under 25 years old.[13]

Answer 2

Answer:

(1) With a size of 2,149,690 square km, Saudi Arabia is roughly about the size of Western Europe.

2. This also makes it the largest country in the world without a river.

3. Saudi Arabia was the world’s second largest arms importer in 2012-16

4. As per a news report in 2016 most deaths in KSA are caused by road accidents

5. After years of unfruitful explorations, it was in 1938 at Dammam’s Well No.7 where oil was first discovered in the country.

6. The Ghawar oil field in the Eastern part of the country is the largest conventional oil field in the world with estimated reserves that could fill up 4,770,897 Olympic swimming pools.

7. Contrary to what many believe Saudi Arabia does not hold the world’s largest oil reserves – that title belongs to Venezuela.

8. Saudi Arabia’s main export partner is China with a bulk of it being petroleum and petroleum products.

9. Saudi Arabia doesn’t have enough camels so it imports them from Australia

10. Speaking of imports, Saudi Arabia imports sand too.