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The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia comprises about four-fifths of the Arabian Peninsula, a land mass constituting a distinct geographical entity, bordered on the west by the Red Sea, on the south by the Indian Ocean and on the east by the Arabian Gulf. It is bounded on the north by Jordan, Iraq and Kuwait; on the east by the Gulf, Bahrain, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates; on the south by the Sultanate of Oman and Yemen; and on the west by the Red Sea. Geographically, Saudi Arabia is divided into four (and if the Rub al-Khali is included, five) major regions. The first is the Central region, a high country in the heart of the Kingdom; secondly, there is the Western region, which lies along the Red Sea coast. The Southern region, in the southern Red Sea-Yemen border area, constitutes the third region. Fourthly, there is the Eastern region, the sandy and stormy eastern part of Saudi Arabia, the richest of all the regions in petroleum.

 

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20.8 million (2000): Saudi citizens 74.8%; 25.2% non-Saudi residents

 

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2,250,000 square kilometers (868,730 square miles)

 

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Arabs (90%), Afro-Asians (10%)

 

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Riyadh (population in 2000: 4.7 million)

 

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Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities President inaugurates National Museum's website

 

Prince Sultan bin Salman bin Abdul Aziz President of SCTA, on Sunday, 18th December, on the sideline of the 26th meeting of the board of directors of SCTA, inaugurated the bilingual, the Arabic-English, website of the National Museum at the headquarters of the Commission in Riyadh.

The website provides adequate information on the National Museum regarding its location, foundation, opening, showcased halls and the number of displayed relics, which count to about 3,700 archeological and heritage pieces.

The website also provides the visitors with a virtual tour inside museum's eight halls, reviewing museum's directory which includes photographs of display halls and their relics. The directory includes an introduction to the history of the Kingdom through the ages and the successive civilizations that had taken place on the land of the Kingdom.

The website includes a special page for museum's events including general programs and activity that take place in the museum, besides information on museum’s education programs, workshops, exhibitions, and national or international events that are held or hosted by the museum.

Also the website includes a special page for publications in addition to museum directory and appendix which is published on an annual basis and it includes museum's news and accomplishments during the same period. Also are included the visitor directory, halls directory and the publications.

The website is provided on the link  http://www.nationalmuseum.org.sa/index_ar.aspx

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Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities President inaugurates National Museum's website
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