SAUDI

ARABIA
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Location
 Saudi Arabia is located on the continent
of Asia. Saudi Arabia covers 2,149,690 square
kilometers of land, making it the 13th largest nation
in terms of land area.
 Saudi Arabia shares land borders with 8
countries: Kuwait, Israel, Iraq, Yemen, Qatar, Oman,
United Arab Emirates, Jordan.
Language
 The official language of Saudi Arabia
is Arabic. The three main regional variants spoken
by Saudis are Hejazi Arabic (about 6 million
speakers), Najdi Arabic (about 8 million speakers),
and Gulf Arabic (about 0.2 million
speakers). Saudi Sign Language is
the principal language of the deaf community.
Capital and famous cities
 The capital of Saudi Arabia is Riyadh
 The famous cities are Jeddah with a population of
{3,000,000 people}, Dammam with a population of
[+ 2,000,000],Mekkah with a population of
[1,000,000], Madina with a population of
{1,000,000]Riyadh {6,000,000}.
Religion
 The religion in Saudi Arabia is Islam
 Conversion from Islam to another religion is punishable
by death as apostasy. Proselytizing by non-Muslims,
including the distribution of non-Muslim religious
materials such as Bibles, is illegal.
 Muslims use the Quran as their religious book.
 The two most holiest places for muslims are mecca and
madinah.
Climate
 The climate in Saudi Arabia is hot all year round
 Saudi Arabia has a warm dry desert climate with very high
temperatures in most of the country. Temperatures in Saudi
Arabia however are different in each part of the country.
The south has moderate temperatures, which can go as low
as 10 degrees Celsius (50° Fahrenheit) during summer. In
winter the temperatures are moderate in general, but
turning cold at night sometimes descending below freezing.
Rain falls along the Red Sea coast during March and April,
in the rest of the country it barely rains and if it does then it
floods the whole city.
 The most common type of storm is a sandstorm.
Plant life
 As we all know, Saudi Arabia is a desert so f course
it contains a lot of cacti. However, the most common
type of plants are palm trees. You can find those
trees almost every where you go and these trees
produce dates which are one of saudi arabia’s
traditional food. In fact the palm tree is on the flag
of embacidy of Saudi Arabia.
Tradition or culture
 Saudis celebrate a monthly holy event called ramadan which saudis have to
fast from 6:00AM till 6:00PM. They also have Eid EL Adha which is the
celebration at the culmination of the pilgrimage (hajj) which is an
obligation—one of the five pillars of Islam and Eid EL Fitr which is marked
at the end of ramadan. Families invite others to a huge feast where they
have every kind of sweets and food. As for the Clothing in Saudi Arabia is
dictated by the religion and customs of the country and is strictly enforced.
Women are required to adorn the abaya, a long (usually black) cloak that
covers their entire body, revealing only the hands. The Saudi women are
also required to wear a veil called the niqāb that covers their head and
face. Foreign women in Saudi also must wear the abaya but they can keep
their hair and face exposed. Meanwhile for men they have to wear a white
cloak called dishdasha. Last but not least is their traditional dance and
food. Their dance is called “Al Ardha”, the country’s national dance. This
sword dance is based on ancient Bedouin traditions: drummers beat out a
rhythm and a poet chants verses while sword-carrying men dance shoulder
to shoulder and their traditional foods are balila, kabsa, dates, kabab, and
many more.
Here are some pictures!

The map of Saudi Madinah

Arabia
Pictures

Flag of embacidy

Palm tree
Abaya and niqab

dishdasha
 Pictures

balila

kabsa
Arabic coffee
with dates
Thank you