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Atlas of Saudi Arabia

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Saudi Arabia

	السعودية

العربية	^[1]السعودية - المملكة العربية السعودية السعودية أو المملكة العربية السعودية هي أكبر دولة من دول شبه الجزيرة العربية، يحدها شمالا كل من العراق والاردن والكويت ، وشرقا الامارات العربية المتحدة و قطر و الخليج العربي، وعُمان من الجنوب الشرقي ، واليمن من الجنوب يوجد فيها أماكن دينية مقدسة للمسلمين كالمسجد الحرام أو الكعبة المشرفة وهي قبلة المسلمين والتي يقع في مكة و المسجد النبوي فى المدينة .
English	Saudi Arabia - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia TheKingdom of Saudi Arabia is the largest country on the Arabian Peninsula. It borders► 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, with the Persian Gulf with► Iran to its northeast and the Red Sea with► Egypt ► Sudan and to its west. It is called "the land of the two holy mosques", a reference to Mecca and Medina, Islam's two holiest places.

Short name	Saudi Arabia
Official name	Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Status	Independent country since 1926, united since 1932
Location	Middle East
Capital	^[2] الرياض (Riyadh)
Population	33,413,660 inhabitants
Area	2,149,690 square kilometres (830,000 sq mi)
Major languages	Arabic (official)
Major religions	Islam
More information	Saudi Arabia,Geography of Saudi Arabia,History of Saudi Arabia andPolitics of Saudi Arabia
More images	Saudi Arabia -Saudi Arabia (Category).

General maps

Map of Saudi Arabia خريطة المملكة العربية السعودية

Topopgraphic map

Rub' al Khali or Empty Quarter (in German) خريطة الربع الخالي

Rub' al Khali خريطة الربع الخالي

Emirates of Saudi Arabia خريطة السعودية الادارية

History maps

This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day Saudi Arabia, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day Saudi Arabia.

TheParthian Empire (250 BCE-226 CE)

Map of Parthia 100 BC

The PersianSassanian Empire (226-650) in 602 to 629, Strokes: Under Sassanid military control.

Sassanide Empire

Expansion of theCaliphateخريطة الخلافاء الراشدين: I: Muhammad ; II: Abu Bakr ; III: Omar and IV: Othman

Age of theCaliphs

Caliphate around 750

TheSeljuq Empire 1037-1194

Ayyubid dynasty in 1189

The Ayyubid Empire ofSaladin around 1190

Growth of the Ottoman Empire

Location of the Ottoman Empire in 1683

History ofAsir

Asir 1801-1823

Asir 1823-1963

Asir 1863-1872

Asir 1872-1915

Asir 1915-1916

Asir 1916-1923

Asir 1923-1934

Najd and Saudi Arabia

First Saudi State

Second Saudi State

Al Rashid (Ha'il)

Conquest by the Najd

Kingdom ofHejaz

Land exchange betweenJordan and Saudi Arabia

Satellite maps

Satellite map

Notes and references

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