As the absolute ruler, the king performs executive, legislative, and judicial functions for Saudi Arabia. Legislation takes the form of a royal decree. The king receives advice and council, ho… 查看更多內容

Saudi Arabia has an estimated 33 million inhabitants as of 2018, 6 million of whom are non-citizen guest workers. The Saudi population is 90% Arab, including city dwellers and Bedo… 查看更多內容

Saudi Arabia extends over the central Arabian Peninsula, covering 829,996 square miles (2,149,690 square kilometers). Its souther… 查看更多內容

Saudi Arabia's economy comes down to just one word: oil. Petroleum makes up 80% of the kingdom's revenue and 90% of its total export earnings. That's unlikely to change soon; about 20% of the world's known petroleum reser… 查看更多內容

In 1744, a new political alliance arose in Arabia between Muhammad bin Saud, founder of the al-Saud dynasty, and Muhammad ibn Abd al … 查看更多內容

Arabic is the official language of Saudi Arabia. There are three major regional dialects: Nejdi Arabic, spoken in the center of the country; Hejazi A… 查看更多內容

Saudi Arabia has a desert climate with extremely hot days and steep temperature dips at night. Rainfall is slight, with the highest rains along the Persian Gulf coast, which receives 12 inches (300 millimeters) of rain per year. Most p… 查看更多內容

For centuries, the small population of what is now Saudi Arabia consisted mostly of tribal, nomadic people … 查看更多內容

Meanwhile, World War I broke out. The sharif of Mecca allied with the British, who were fighting the Ottomans, and led a pan-Arab revolt against the Ottoman Empire. When the war … 查看更多內容