Official Name: Al– Mamlaka Al– Arabiya as-Saudia
(The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia)
Area: 2,250,000 square kilometers (868,730 square mile)
Physical Features: Deserts, Plateau, Mountains
Highest Point: Jabal Sawda
Population: 21.4 million ( 1999 estimates):77% urban, 23% rural
Language: Arabic
Religion: Islam
Anthem: “Sarei Lil majd Walaya’
Currency: Saudi Riyals
Capital: Riyadh (Estimated population
2001: 4.3 million)
Head of state and Prime minister:
King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz,
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques
Highest Court: Supreme Council of Justice
Administrative regions: Al-Baha, Al Jouf, Asir,
Eastern, Hail, Jizan,
Madinah, Makkah, Najran, Northern Border,
Qassim, Riyadh, Tabouk
Flag: Green banner of Islam, bearing
the inscription:
“there is no God but God; and Muhammed is his
Messenger’. The sword was added in 1906
symbolizing the military successes of Islam and
of Ibn Saud, Founder of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.