Saudi Arabia: General

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ISO code

Region

Middle East

(Last updated on 2012-05-17)

Local time

UTC (GMT) +03h00
Time zone abbreviation: AST - Arabia Standard Time
No Daylight Saving Time adjustments.

(Last updated on 2012-05-17)

Telephone code

+966, then area code:
1 for Riyadh, 2 for Makkah, 3 for Dammam, 4 for Madinah, 6 for Hail, 7 for Abha

(Last updated on 2012-05-17)

Currency

SAR = Riyal (subdivided into: halala [Arabic: ر.س])

The Saudi Riyal is issued in bank notes of: 1, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200 and 500 riyal and in coins of: 5, 10, 25, 50 and 100 halala.

(Last updated on 2012-05-17)

Official languages

Arabic

(Last updated on 2012-05-17)

Measurement

metric

(Last updated on 2012-05-17)

Population

27'136'977 (2010 est.)

(Last updated on 2012-05-17)

General information sources

See overview of Saudi Arabian Economic Data.

(Last updated on 2011-06-10)

Wikipedia entry

Refer to Wikipedia site highlighting Saudi_Arabia.

(Last updated on 2012-05-17)

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