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Official Name: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Capital: Riyadh
Area: 2,149,690 square kilometres (830,000 square miles)
Major cities (Population)
Riyadh 2,576,000 (1995 estimate)
Mecca (Makkah) 1,500,000 (1994 estimate)
Jiddah 1,468,000 (1995 estimate)
Medina 500,050 (1990 estimate)
Ad Dammªm 127,844 (1974)
Population: 17,880,000 (1995 estimate)
Population growth rate: 2.2 per cent (1990-1995 average)
Type of government: Monarchy
Independence: 23 September 1932 (unification)
Constitution: None; governed according to Shari’a (Islamic law)
Voting Rights: None
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