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Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia is a country in Western Asia with its capital in Riyadh.
- Capital
- Riyadh
- Region
- Western Asia, Asia
- Population
- 35.3 million
- Languages
- Arabic
- Currency
- Saudi riyal (ุฑ.ุณ)
- Area
- 2,149,690 kmยฒ
- Borders
- ๐ฎ๐ถ Iraq ๐ฏ๐ด Jordan ๐ฐ๐ผ Kuwait ๐ด๐ฒ Oman ๐ถ๐ฆ Qatar ๐ฆ๐ช United Arab Emirates ๐พ๐ช Yemen
๐ก Only country where women couldn't drive until 2018; holds Islam's two holiest sites.
About the flag
It carries the Shahada, the Islamic declaration of faith, so it is never flown at half-mast and is made double-sided so the text reads correctly from both sides.
How to spot it: Green with white Arabic script and a horizontal white sword beneath it.