Capital:
Riyadh
Area:
2,200,518 sq km / 849,400 sq ml
Language:
Arabic
Currency:
Rial
Population:
24,293,844
Life expectancy:
64 (men), 68 (women)
Literacy rate:
73% (men), 48% (women)
Religions:
Sunni Muslim
Physical features:
Hot desert, desending to the Persian Gulf from a height of 2,750m / 9,000ft in the west
Imports:
Foodstuffs, tobacco, chemicals, base metals
Exports:
Crude and refined petroleum, petrochemicals, wheat
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