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Essential Information
Area: 2,240,000 sq km
Population: 28.2 million
Capital: Riyadh
Principal Towns: Jeddah, Makkah (Mecca), Al-Madinah (Medina), Dammam,
Dhahran, At-Ta'if.
Languages: Arabic is the official language and English is spoken
widely in business circles.
Gross Domestic Product: $376 billion
(2007 est.) (official exchange rate).
GDP per capita: $15,000 (2007)
International Reserves: $34.01
billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Climate: Very hot from March through to November with high humidity
levels on the Red Sea and Gulf coasts. The higher upland areas,
including Riyadh, is drier. Average annual rainfall is only some 100
mm, but this is much higher in the hills and mountains of the
south-west.
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