Top 10 Interesting Facts About Saudi Arabia
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Saudi Arabia is a country that we've not featured a lot here on Countries Facts but we're diving right into it because I dug up some interesting and surprising facts about the country so welcome back guys
I didn't know much about Saudi Arabia to be honest but when I started looking into it I was like oh my god there's so much to learn now before I get into the facts just letting you know that I take Article and topic requests so if you have a topic that you want to see featured here on Countries Facts leave a comment down below or shoot me a message on Instagram and if I use your suggestion I'll definitely give you a shout out okay so let's get into the facts about Saudi Arabia.
1 Saudi Arabia has eight hundred and thirty thousand square miles or two million one hundred and forty nine thousand six hundred ninety square kilometers in total land area and this makes it the twelfth largest country in the world and it is the largest country in the Middle East about one-quarter of the size of the entire United States and within that landscape it has a population density of 15 people per square kilometer and the entire population of the country totals 34 million people making it the 40th most populated country in the world in Saudi Arabia.
2 Saudi Arabia the left hand is considered to be the dirty hand why well because the left hand is typically used to clean yourself after you go to the bathroom so attempting to shake someone's hand with your left hand or even waving at somebody with your left hand it could be considered an insult so sorry lefties out there you may want to just start using your right hand practice from now if you ever plan to ever visit Saudi Arabia.
2 Saudi Arabia also has the largest camel market in the world it's called a Bharata camel market and camels and everything related to camels go on sale exactly at 6 a.m. every single day and hundreds of camels are sold each day Saudi Arabia.
3 Saudi Arabia is also the country at the center point of Islam quite literally so you know how Muslims follow the five pillars of Islam right while performing Hajj that's one of the five pillars of Islam and this requires Muslims from all around the world to travel to Mecca and approximately 2 million people make this trip every single year but more accurate though Hajj.
4 Hajj is a pilgrimage made to Kaaba which means house of Allah which is in the city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia and by the way it's only if you're able to do this so people who are in extreme poverty or just too old or physically unable to do the pilgrimage.
5 They don't have to do it but for other Muslims it's a requirement motorists in Saudi Arabia have invented this dangerous but like really exciting new driving sport it's called sidewalk skiing where drivers balance a car on each side while the car is still in motion now I'm not brave enough to try that because what happens if I tip over like for real but if you're brave enough and I have the cash for a pretty expensive car repair sure I mean go ahead I won't judge you in Saudi Arabia primary education up until high school education is open to everybody and it's completely free but not only that also education including college and postgraduate schooling is totally free in Saudi Arabia.
6 Saudi Arabia is also a prohibition state and it's not legal to drink alcohol in the country however amateur beer and winemaking in Saudi Arabia is a pretty minor industry among many expats that live in the country and there's a full range of spirits that are available on the black market so yeah you can definitely drink but you're just doing that at your own risk now Saudi Arabia is a country that makes up the majority of the Arabian Peninsula and that's the world's largest peninsula and due to its size and its location many people sometimes consider it a sub continent of Asia the national language in Saudi Arabia.
7 Saudi Arabia is Arabic and there's also many words in English that derived from the Arabic language including words like alchemy chemistry alcohol algebra alkaline almanaque arsenal assassin candy cipher coffee guitar and many more now the final thing I want to share with you about Saudi Arabia in this Article I'm gonna end off on a pretty fun note so back in the year 1985 right Prince Salman.
8 Prince Salman became the first Saudi the first Arab and first Muslim to travel in space when he travelled on the u.s. space shuttle Discovery he hoped to deploy a satellite for the Arab satellite communications organization with NASA so there you have it guys Saudi Arabia is in the bag it's always fun learning about new places and this was Saudi Arabia.
9 Saudi Arabia definitely a different kind of country that's for sure and in any case there's still so much to learn about Saudi Arabia.
10 Saudi Arabia and the people that make up the country so definitely sound off below in the comment section I want to hear all of your thoughts and comments about anything that I shared or anything else that you want to share about Saudi Arabia.
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