Saudi Arabia History, Government and Politics, Saudi Arabia Currency, Saudi Arabia at the Olympics.

Officially Saudi Arabia is known as the Kingdom if Saudi Arabia or is also known as KSA. It is the biggest country of Arabian Peninsula. The country is bordered on the northeast and north by Iraq, in east by Qatar, United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, in northwest by Jordan, in south by Yemen and in southeast by Oman. The Red Sea lies in west and Persian Gulf in northeast of the country.

Previous Records Medals:

Till date the country has only won one silver and one bronze medal in summer Olympics.

History:

The country traces the roots from the former civilizations of Arabian Peninsula. From many centuries, the Arabian Peninsula has played the significant role in the history as former trade center and the birthplace of the Islam, which is the important monotheistic religion. In the year 1932, King Abdulaziz Al- Saud recognized the contemporary kingdom of the country, the transformation of the country is very astonishing.

Demographics:

The country has the total population of near about 27,019,731 that includes near about 5,576,076 local foreigners. Till 1960’s the large number of the population was nomadic, but currently 95% of the inhabitants are settled, because of the quick urban and economic growth. The population of slave was projected at 450,000. In the year 1962, the slavery was abolished finally from the country.

Government and Politics:

The central institution of the country’s government is Saudi monarchy. In the year 1992, the Basic Law of the Government was adopted and also declared that the country is monarchy which is ruled by grandsons and sons of first king, Abd Al Aziz Al Saud. According to Economist’s Index of Democracy, the government of the country is the 9th most authoritarian government in the entire world.

Culture:

The culture of the country significantly revolves around religion of Islam. The holiest sites, of the Islam are situated in the country. Regularly five times in the day, the Muslims offer their prayers from minarets of mosque which is spread around country. The weekend starts on the Thursday which is due to Friday as being holiest day for the Muslims. All Muslims countries have their weekend on Friday- Saturday or Thursday- Friday.

Economy:

The economy of the country is largely based on Petroleum, approximately 90% of the export earnings and 75% of budget revenues come from oil industry. The oil trade comprises nearly about 45% GDP of the country when compared with the 40% from private sector. Officially the country has two hundred sixty barrels of the oil reserves, comprising approximately 24% of globes confirmed total reserves of petroleum.

Infrastructure:

In order to hold the growing oil industry, the government of the country has taken the widespread measures to expand the infrastructure of the kingdom. The railways and roads were constructed, the expansion of the airports was made, and the sea ports were improved to handle the heavy traffic volumes. The country has nearly about 150,000 km of the roads out of which 1/3rd of them is paved.

Education:

The United States Department of the state has estimated that the literacy rate in the country is 77.8% for females and 84.7% for males. The education system of the country consists of more than 20,000 of the schools and some of the public universities.

Neighboring Countries:

The countries that are situated very near to Saudi Arabia are:

Geographical Settings:

The country occupies approximately 80% of Arabian Peninsula. The Yemen and Saudi Arabia has signed the agreement in the year 2000 to settle resolve their disputes of extended running border. The major length of the Saudi Arabia southern border with Oman and United Arab Emirates are not defined or precisely marked, this the reason that why the exact size of the country is not known. The government of the Saudi Arabia estimates that the country covers the total area of 2,217,949 sq km. The country is listed as 14th biggest state in the entire world.

Independence:

The country was declared as the kingdom on 8th January 1926. The kingdom of Saudi Arabia was recognized on 20th May 1927 and was also unified on 23rd September 1932.

Capital City:

Riyadh is the capital and also is the largest city in the entire country. The country is located at 240 39’N 460 46’E.

Great Persons in Country:

The great persons in Saudi Arabia are:

Currency:

The official currency of the country is Riyal which is denoted as SAR.

Total Population:

According to the estimates of the year 2007, the total population of the country is 27,601,028 that placed the country at number 46th among the category of the193rd most populated countries in the entire world.