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  1. Sau·di A·ra·bi·a
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    1. a country in southwestern Asia occupying most of the Arabian peninsula; population 31,500,000 (estimated 2015); official language, Arabic; capital, Riyadh.
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    Saudi Arabia [b] officially known as the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , [c] is a country in Western Asia including most of the Arabian Peninsula. The land area is approximately 2,150,000 km 2 (830,000 sq mi), so Saudi Arabia is geographically the 5th-largest state in Asia and 2nd-largest state in the Arab world after Algeria.
    Saudi Arabia [b] officially known as the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , [c] is a country in Western Asia including most of the Arabian Peninsula. The land area is approximately 2,150,000 km 2 (830,000 sq mi), so Saudi Arabia is geographically the 5th-largest state in Asia and 2nd-largest state in the Arab world after Algeria.
    Saudi Arabia is sometimes called "the Land of the Two Holy Mosques", in reference to Al-Masjid al-Haram (in Mecca) and Al-Masjid an-Nabawi (in Medina ), the two holiest places in Islam. Petroleum was discovered on 3 March 1938 and followed up by several other finds in the Eastern Province.
    The population of Saudi Arabia is more than 34 million people. Approximately 8% of its total GDP is spent on the kingdom's military, which is ranked as the third largest army in the world, behind the United States and China.
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