Interesting Facts about Saudi Arabia
1.Saudi Arabia has lots of oil reserves. Ghawar Field in Saudi Arabia has most of the oil. Saudi Arabia comes in 2nd place in the largest oil reserve in the world. It comes after Venezuela.
3.Saudi Arabia shares its border with - Oman, Qatar, Yemen, UAE, Kuwait, Iraq, and Jordan.
4.Saudi Arabia doesn’t have any rivers. Most of the land in Saudi is desert.
5.Saudi Arabia is the 13th largest country in the world. Its the largest country in the Middle East.
6.Saudi Royal family has more than 15000 members. This royal family is known as the House of Saud.
7.Photography and videography of Saudi people, Police, and buildings are ban in Saudi Arabia. You need to take their permission if you want to get their picture. If you violate the law you can be jailed for 1 year or need to pay a fine.
8.Before Saudi Arabia was not issuing a driving license to Saudi women but from 24 June 2018, they start giving licenses to women.
9.Most of the people who work in Saudi like the public and private sectors are foreigners. It's around 80%.
10.Saudi Arabia is making the world's largest building known as the Jeddah Tower. The height of this building will be 1 KM. The tower design is created by American architect Adrian Smith, who also designed Burj Khalifa. This tower will be fully complete estimated by 2024.
11.Saudi Arabia has the largest camel market in the world. This market name is Al-Qassim. Daily about 100 camels sold and sell by this market.
12.Saudi teenagers love to play dangerous car drifting races, it's known as "hajwalah," or "tafheet. They also love driving the car on 2 wheels.
13. It's illegal to drink alcohol in Saudi Arabia.
14.Homosexual activity is illegal in Saudi Arabia. It can lead to the death penalty.
15.Birth control pills are illegal in Saudi Arabia.
16.During the wedding there a separate section for men and women in Saudi Arabia.
17.Saudi Arabia has a monarchy system. The king has all the power. Right now Mohammed bin Salman is the Crown prince of Saudi Arabia.
18.You can not worship other religions in Saudi Arabia except Islam. There is no church or temple in Saudi Arabia.
19.Every year there is a camel race take place in Sudi Arabia. About 2000 participants are in this race. Track length is about 19KM. This camel race is the national sport of Saudi.
20.Everything closes during prayer in Saudi Arabia. The prayer lasts for 30 minutes.
21.In 1985 Prince Sultan bin Salman became the first Saudi, First Muslim, and First Arab to travel in space.
22.Water is expensive than oil in Saudi Arabia.
23.Riyadh is the biggest city and capital of Saudi Arabia.
24.Saudi Arabia has the 2 largest mosques in the world. These mosques are -
Masjid al-Haram - in Mecca
Al-Masjid an-Nabawi - Medina
Every year Muslims from other countries comes to visit these holy places in Saudi Arabia.
25.Saudi Arabia is the second-largest producer of Dates in the world.
26.All the Saudi citizens are Muslims. Saudi Arabia is the country from where the Muslim religion starts.
27.Saudi Arabia has the world's 2nd largest airport named King Fahd International Airport (DMM). Its located in Dammam.
28. Women in Saudi wear black Abaya.
29.Most of the private gym in Saudi does not accept woman entry. Most of the school in Saudi does not give Physical education to a woman.
30.Saudi Arabia doesn’t have a formal written constitution.
31.Saudi Arabia's economy depends on one thing and that is Oil. 90% of Saudi Arabia export oil.
32.Saudi arabia has Riyal currency and 1 Saudi Riyal = 20 INR
And 1 $ = 4 Suadi Riayls
33.A per 2016 news one of the major causes of death in Saudi was a road accident.
34. In 1938 Oil was discovered for the first time in Saudi Arabia.
35.China is the top importer of oil from Saudi. Second Japan and third it's India.
36.People of Saudi Arabia usually sit while eating. Proper sitting on the floor.
37.Saudi Arabia comes in 5th number worldwide to have a top military budget. Saudi Arabia's 2019 military budget was 62 Billion.
38.Saudi Arabia is the last country that gives the right to vote to women.
39.Saudi women can not go out alone. There should be a man with them.
40. it is illegal to watch adult movies in Saudi Arabia.
41. It's illegal to do black magic in Saudi Arabia. There is a special police unit in Saudi Arabia that only catches people who are doing black magic.
42.Slowly Saudi Arabia making its law soft. Saudi people like this change. Like they start issuing the driving license to woman, if a couple wants to get a room in the hotel they don’t need to show marriage proof and a woman can live alone in a hotel.
They start making their law soft because they want to attract tourists.
43.A Saudi man can marry as many times as he wishes. He can also give divorce easily. But a female can not give divorce to a man because the process is very difficult.
44.A woman needs to cover her body 99% in public places in Saudi. Women wear Abaya and only their eyes are visible. In some cities in Saudi women can show their faces like Jeddah.
45.Woman can not show her face in public if she has done makeup.
46.Child marriage is common in Saudi Arabia. Many girls became mothers here before 18 years old.
47.Saudi women can not interact with man guests in their house. Most of the house in Saudi is divided into 2 part. 1 for a man and the 2nd one for a woman.
48.Public places in Saudi also divided into 2 parts. 1 for the man and the other for a woman. Like in cafes and restaurants.
49.A Saudi woman can not travel overseas without her husband's permission.
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