Saudi Arabia

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Interesting locations in Saudi Arabia


Te capital of Saudi Arabia is Riyadh.

In Riyadh you can visit the Riyadh Museum, the Masmak Fortress the Murabba Palace and the King Saudi University.

Saudi Arabia is divided in four regions: Najd, Hijaz, Asir and Al-Hasa.

Najd is the central region of Saudi Arabia. Most of Najd is desert: the Nafud desert to the north, al-Dahna to the east, and part of the enormous Rub al-Khali desert to the south.

Riyadh the capital is in this region of the country.

Hijaz has a variety of people, arabs from the desert and descendants of African people.

This region occupies the west part of Saudi Arabia were mountains rise parallel to the coast of the Red Sea.

The region of Hijaz has the 2 holy cities of Islam, Mecca and Medina.

Al-Hasa is the flat region in the east coast of Saudi Arabia along the Persian Golf. Most of the country's oil is located in this region.

Asir is the mountainous region in the southwest of Saudi Arabia near Yemen. The main city of Asir is Adha.


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