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     Saudi Arabia is famous as the home of Mekkah and Madinah. The last and greatest prophet in Islam, Mohammad (peace be upon him), was born in Arabia in 570 AD and over the next 1400 years Islam has spread around the globe. Today, Saudi Arabia is the focal point for Muslims with millions of pilgrims visiting Saudi Arabia each year as part of their religious observance.

     The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is a modern country with an infrastructure and facilities that often surprises firsttimevisitors.Itʼsthelargest country in the Middle East occupying four-fifthsoftheArabianPeninsula.Totheeast lie United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Bahrain. In the north, Saudi Arabia shares borders with Kuwait, Iraq and Jordan and in the South it borders with Yemen and Oman.

     The size of the kingdom is nearly 2 million square kilometers with a population of over 26 million people. The country has a diverse population with over 5 million non-nationals living there, providing a rich and diverse multicultural society. Although Arabic is the officiallanguage,English is widely used in the main cities.