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Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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since 1727 · up to 1,929 thousand km² · Middle East

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Capital: Riyadh (1819–…), Diriyah (…–1818)

Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, is a country in West Asia that occupies the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula. Covering a land area of approximately 2,149,690 km2, it is the fifth-largest country in Asia and the twelfth-largest in the world. It is bordered by the Red Sea to the west, Jordan, Iraq, and Kuwait to the north, the Persian Gulf, Bahrain, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates to the east, Oman to the southeast, and Yemen to the south. The Gulf of Aqaba in the northwest separates it from Egypt and Israel.

Predecessors: Emirate of Diriyah, Kingdom of Nejd and Hejaz