SAUDI ARABIA
Saudi Arabia is the largest country in Western Asia by area, occupying the majority of the Arabian Peninsula and bordered by Jordan, Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, and Yemen. It is the birthplace of Islam and home to the religion’s two holiest cities, Mecca and Medina, which together receive millions of pilgrims annually, and holds the world’s second largest proven oil reserves, a resource that has defined its economy and its geopolitical significance since the mid-20th century.
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