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Fact File
Official Name: Al-Mamlaka al-Arabiya as-Saudiya (The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia)
Area: 2,250,000 square kilometers (868,730 square miles)
Physical Features: Deserts, Plateaux, Mountains
Highest Point: Jabal Sawda
Population: 20.8 million (2000): Saudi citizens 74.8%; 25.2% non-Saudi residents
Language: Arabic
Religion: Islam
Flag: Green Banner of Islam, bearing the inscription: "There is no God but God; and Muhammad 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
Anthem: "Sarei Lil Majd Walaya"
Currency: Saudi Riyal
Capital: Riyadh (population in 2000: 4.7 million)
Head of State and Prime Minister: King Fahd 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, Qasim, Riyadh, Tabouk
 

 

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