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The original plans were for the city to be 170 kilometres (110 mi) long and accommodate a population of 9 million (25% of Saudi Arabia's 2022 population of 35.5 million) by 2030. [5] According to a 2024 Bloomberg report, this was later scaled down to a population of 300,000, [ 6 ] housed in 2.4 kilometres (1.5 mi) by 2030. [ 7 ]
السعودية. Saudi Arabia, [ e ] officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), [ f ] is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula and has a land area of about 2,150,000 km 2 (830,000 sq mi), making it the fifth-largest country in Asia and the largest in the Middle East.
Education is the second-largest sector of government spending in Saudi Arabia. [ 7 ] Saudi Arabia spends 8.8% of its gross domestic product on education, which is nearly double the global average of 4.6%. [ 8 ] Saudi Arabia is an Islamic country and therefore Islam is interwoven in every part of society, also in education. [citation needed]
The COVID-19 pandemic in Saudi Arabia is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first case in the kingdom was confirmed by the Ministry of Health on 2 March 2020 [ 2 ][ 3 ] and in the following months, the kingdom held the highest number ...
According to a World Bank study titled "Women, Business and the Law 2020," which tracks how laws affect women in 190 economies, Saudi Arabia's economy scored 70.6 points out of 100, a dramatic increase from its previous score of 31.8 points. "2019 was a year of 'groundbreaking' reforms that allowed women greater economic opportunity in Saudi ...
Islam is the state religion of Saudi Arabia. [1] The government of Saudi Arabia has been criticized for its restrictions on religious freedom. [2][3][4][5][6] Boston University ’s 2020 World Religions Database estimated that approximately 31.5 million Saudi Arabian residents are Muslims. The Basic Law of Saudi Arabia states that it is the ...
A road between Oman and Saudi Arabia, [8] [9] through the Empty Quarter, was completed in September 2021. [10] Measuring between 700 and 800 kilometres (430 and 500 miles), it extends from Ibri in Oman to Al-Ahsa in eastern Saudi Arabia. A 160 km (99 mi) stretch of the road is on the Omani side and 580 km (360 mi) on the Saudi side.
Verses from the Quran, a primary source of the law of Saudi Arabia. The primary source of law in Saudi Arabia is the Islamic Sharia.Sharia is derived from the Qur'an and the traditions of Muhammad contained in the Sunnah; [3] ijma, or scholarly consensus on the meaning of the Qur'an and the Sunnah developed after Muhammad's death; and qiyas, or analogical reasoning applied to the principles of ...