2006-11-20 12:47:41 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ Africa & Middle East ➔ Saudi Arabia
A few interesting facts:
1. It is the 14th largest country on earth.
2. It has the largest sand desert on earth.
3. It has one of the most advanced banking systems on earth.
4. It doesn't collect taxes from the populace.
5. It provides free public health care.
6. It provides free public schools.
7. It pays every student enlisted in a public university a monthly stipend of about $ 264.
8. It is an absolute monarchy, making all authority in the hands of the monarch.
9. It spends 25 % of it's budget on education (both grade schools and universities).
10. It has no lakes or rivers.
11. It was rated the best place to do business in the Middle East by the World Bank.
12. It's main export is oil, and it's main import is machinery and vehicles
13. 75 % of it's population is younger than 35 years old.
14. The average age is 18 years old.
15. 50 % of employees in the governmental sector are women.
16. Women in the government sector are given 2 years of paid maternal leave.
17. Has the world's tallest water fountain (Jeddah, on the Red Sea).
18. Has the world's largest airport (King Khaled Airport in Riyadh).
19. Has the world's largest desalination plant (In Jubail).
20. Is the only country to ban women from driving.
21. It's tallest building is the 31st tallest building in the world (The Kingdom Center in Riyadh).
22. 21% of it's population are expats.
23. It's largest city, Riyadh (pop. 4,193,000), is the 69th largest city on earth by population.
24. Has a current gas price of 60 cents per gallon.
25. It's stock market, Tadawul, is the 11th largest stock market on earth.
26. Regarding the cutting off of hands; in the last 10 years, only 11 people have been punished in this way.
And there's plenty more where that came from.....
2006-11-21 00:37:32 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋
Facts About Saudi Arabia
2016-11-07 05:03:52 · answer #2 · answered by als 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This Site Might Help You.
RE:
does anyoone know any interesting random facts about saudi arabia??
2015-08-11 22:16:06 · answer #3 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Frankfurt is a powerful and global financial and industry good city with imposing skyline in Germany and is among the places that you might want to see, at least one time and that place hotelbye may help you. Frankfurt is really a city in the center of Germany and Europe and is a city that could offer several facets and different variety. In the heart of Frankfurt's Old Town you will see a spot properly worthwhile, the Römerberg.The Römerberg can be an irregularly designed square with the Justice Fountain at its center. Not just can it be Frankfurt's most picturesque community square, it's the city's busiest pedestrian zone, home to numerous tourist attractions from their several Kulturschirn (a type of open-fronted shop when frequent through the entire old town) to the Römer, a complicated of 11 attractive previous structures from the 15th to 18th ages including the Old Town Hall with its Imperial Hall, once the scene of striking banquets. Other notable buildings are the New Town Hall, the 14th-century Gothic Church of St. Leonhard, and St. Nicholas Church, notable for its carillon.
2016-12-24 03:07:30 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For the best answers, search on this site https://shorturl.im/axDa4
I live in Riyadh, I don't know what exactly you mean by strange and interesting, How about... People in Riyadh drive crazy fast beacuse the life expectancy in Saudi Arabia is low and they don't want to waste any time. Teen drivers like to stain the front of their cars with mud to give it that 'been driving in a sand storm' look. On hallaween, there are no ghosts or goblins on the streets of Riyadh beacuse they probably got hit by a Saudi with a dirty car.
2016-04-07 07:48:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a male dominated country and women are not really advised to go out without their family/ friends
Most workers are Filipinos, Bangladeshis, Yemenis, Pakistanis etc
The stereotype that Arabs smell bad is partly true
There are A LOT of Mosques, the Islam church
Most workers of any race know how to speak Filipino because there are a lot of Filipinos living in Saudi Arabia
Arab women are disinclined to speaking
You can only see dogs in Saudi Aramco (arab american company) or in Al- Aziziya
It doesn't rain often, but when it does, the Arabs are dancing in the rain
Most malls open at noontime
Arab teachers are quite lazy. Our school keeps changing Arabic teachers mainly because they quit after a day or two, complaining that the job is tiring
Workers only have one day-off, Friday
Students used to have their day-offs at Thursday and Friday, but now, it's Friday and Saturday
Philippine schools are really popular, IPSA is probably the best school
They call their coins 'Halala' and their paper money 'riyal'
Most Arabs and other races (Bangladeshi, Indians, etc) speak broken English, so it is a MUST to learn Arabic, even if only a little.
Body language will also be your weapon
In Khobar, people go in a frenzy for a shawarma in Shrinpy. Even the police would join in.
Gas is cheap
Apartments look identical
If you walk around in Mall of Dharan without a hijab, a motawa (police) would tell you to cover your hair
Most American or British people in Saudi buy in Tamimi
Kebabs aren't much of a luxury there
People consider taxi as a problem
For Filipino Schools, whenever it is Ramadan, we have half days
After Ramadan, we get a break off of school for a short time.
Muslims pray five times a day
Women must wear Abaya if they are outside
In Subecca, aka 'Bangladesh City', the people wear Lungi, a Baangladesh clothing that looks like a skirt
Kids love to play soccer
Arab men wear white robes (abito) most of the time along with a cloth that looks like a picnic cloth on their heads. The reason for this is because it provides them protection from sandstorms, heat, etc.
Arab men kiss each other on the nose and hold hands as a greeting
Arab women are VERY pretty behind their tarha, They can win Miss Universe but their religion bans them from joining competitions like that.
2014-05-12 21:43:47 · answer #6 · answered by ? 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I personally liked the airport. King Khaled International Airport. King Khaled Airport is designed with all four terminals within one main building, which are connected to each other by three linking buildings. Each building is 168m in length.
Each of the triangular-shaped terminals has eight gates, which all have air bridges installed to eradicate any need for bus journeys between the terminal buildings and waiting aircrafts. The triangular base of each terminal measures 47,500m².
The airport is currently operated by the international airport management company Fraport AG, which is most famously known for managing Frankfurt Airport.
2014-11-25 19:55:16 · answer #7 · answered by Alex 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to the other user,, women arent forced to wear the abaya... I live here and I dont.. I do however dress modestly and concervatively and cover my hair.. I do not cover my face and I wear long sleave non see through clothing... People are getting more moderate now a days..
2006-11-24 03:28:44 · answer #8 · answered by Mintee 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Judges have an almost limitless scope of discretion , which
has fianally started to spurr a public discussion .
2006-11-24 11:12:21 · answer #9 · answered by rgarlik 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Coffee grows there better than any other location on earth. The Pistachiae tree grows there and there alone, it exudes an excellent resin called Gum Sandarac.
2006-11-20 12:50:14 · answer #10 · answered by vanamont7 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋