SOCIAL STUDIES

THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA

(KSA)
MAIN INFORMATION
• Capital city: Riyadh
• Political System: Monarchy
• Official Currency: Saudi Riyal
• Area: Around 2,250,00 Km2
• Population: 33,413,660 (2019 estimation)
THE NATIONAL DAY
• The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia celebrates
its National day on the 23rd of September
to commemorate the unification of the
Kingdom by King AbelAziz Ibn
AbdulRahman Al Sa’ud who announced
the establishment the of Kingdom in 1932.
 • Location
• The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is
located in south west Asia.
• The west: the Red sea
• The East: the Arabian Gulf,
UAE, Qatar, and Bahrain.
• The south: Oman and Yemen.
• The North: Kuwait, Iraq and
Jordan.
• Famous cities

• Mecca:
• It’s the Muslims’ holy city.
• It has the central Masjid Al
Haram (Sacred Mosque) which
surrounds Ka’ba to where all
Muslims face during prayer.
 • Famous cities
• Riyadh:
• It’s the capital city of the
Kingdom and the government
center.
 • Other cities
• Jeddah:
• It’s located on the Red sea coast.
• It’s the economic and touristic capital.
• Al Madina Al Monawwarah: is the first
capital in Islamic history and has the second
holiest city in Islam after Mecca.
• Dammam: is the most important city in the
eastern province.
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• KSA is the largest country in the Arabian peninsula (80% of the area).
• The Tihama Plains spread from the west coast along the Red Sea to
the borders with Kuwait and Oman.
• Hills form more thatn half of the Kingdom’s area (Najd is the largest
in the center)
• There are in the western areas starting from Jordan towards Yemen. In
the south.
• Deserts In KSA:

• Al Rub’ Al Khali: is the second largest desert in the

world (more then 600 thousand square Kilometers)
• Ad-dahna Desert: is a sandy desert in the middle of
the Arabian peninsula. It stretches from Nufud in
the north to Rub’ Al Kali.
• Nufud Desert: it is a desert in the northern parts of
the Kingdom.
Natural
Resources: • There are many important natural resources in
KSA, but the most important one is Oil, which
forms the core of the economy.
• KSA is considered the most important and the
largest oil producing country in the world.
• KSA is has the largest in the world for its oil
reserves.
• It has large quantities of Natural gas, phosphate,
gold, silver, copper and lead.
agriculture

• Despite the climate conditions and lack of water resources,

agriculture has developed in KSA.
• The cultivation of wheat, barley, corn and vegetables has
developed. In addition to Palm trees (KSA is a leading
country in producing dates around the world).
Culture •and
The kingdom pays close attention
Heritage to the local culture and customs.
• There are many cultural festivals
to celebrate local food, clothing
and folk dancing.
• Al Jenaderiyah festival is one of
the most famous ones.
• There are many historical sites
which are registered among the
world heritage sites (Al-Hijr and
Al Olayya).