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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Saudi Arabia: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, or KSA, is a sovereign country that comprises the central portion of the Arabian Peninsula of Southwest Asia. Saudi Arabia is bordered by Jordan on the northwest, Iraq on the north and northeast, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates on the east, Oman on the southeast, and Yemen on the south. The Persian Gulf lies to the northeast and the Red Sea to its west. It has an estimated population of 27.6 million, and its size is approximately 2,150,000 square km (830,000 square miles). The Kingdom is sometimes called "The Land of The Two Holy Mosques" in reference to Mecca and Medina, the two holiest places of Islam. The Kingdom was founded by Abdul-Aziz bin Saud, whose efforts began in 1902 when he captured the Al-Saud’s ancestral home of Riyadh, and culminated in 1932 with the proclamation, and recognition of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia is the world's leading petroleum exporter and petroleum exports fuel the Saudi economy.〔(U.S. Energy Information Administration - Saudi Arabia Country Energy Profile )〕 Oil accounts for more than 90 percent of exports and nearly 75 percent of government revenues, facilitating the creation of a welfare state,〔(Social Services 2 )〕〔(Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia-London: The Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia - A Welfare State )〕 which the government has found difficult to fund during periods of low oil prices.〔(Gulf Daily News )〕 Human rights groups such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have repeatedly expressed concern about the state of human rights in Saudi Arabia, although these concerns have been dismissed by the Saudi government. == General reference == * Pronunciation: * Common English country name: Saudi Arabia * Official English country name: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia * Adjectives: Saudi, Saudi Arabian * Demonym(s): * Etymology: Name of Saudi Arabia * International rankings of Saudi Arabia * ISO country codes: SA, SAU, 682 * ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:SA * Internet country code top-level domain: .sa 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Outline of Saudi Arabia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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