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Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are neighbouring countries in the Middle East and Persian Gulf region, and share extensive political and cultural ties. Saudi Arabia maintains an embassy in Abu Dhabi and a consulate in Dubai of the UAE, while the UAE has an embassy in Riyadh and a consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
The current plates were introduced in 2006. The former registration plates prior to 1996 used only 3 numbers and 3 letters with no translation. Even older license plates had a 7-number combination assigned to them, appearing in Arabic (International) and Hindi (East Arab) numerals. Above them was written Al-Saudia, in Arabic only.
This makes Saudi Arabia the best performing Middle Eastern, Arab, and Muslim country. [citation needed] Saudi Arabia spends 8.8% of its gross domestic product on education, compared with the global average of 4.6%. [425] Saudi Arabia was ranked 44th in the Global Innovation Index in 2024, up from 68th in 2019. [426] [427] [428]
Dubai is the top tourism destination in the Middle East. [185] According to the annual MasterCard Global Destination Cities Index, Dubai is the fifth most popular tourism destination in the world. [252] Dubai holds up to 66% share of the UAE's tourism economy, with Abu Dhabi having 16% and Sharjah 10%. Dubai welcomed 10 million tourists in 2013.
Map of the Middle East between North Africa, Southern Europe, Central Asia, and Southern Asia Middle East map of Köppen climate classification. The Middle East (term originally coined in English language) [note 1] is a geopolitical region encompassing the Arabian Peninsula, the Levant, Turkey, Egypt, Iran, and Iraq.
Business growth in the Persian Gulf was followed by geographical diversification and local and international expansion. The presence of Bilfinger Deutsche Babcock Middle East in the Persian Gulf area spans on main local markets with direct subsidiary companies in three different states of the Arabian peninsula: United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.
South Carolina (5-3, 3-3 SEC) never trailed after that. The Aggies (7-2, 5-1, SEC) entered the game as just 2.5-point favorites and started Marcel Reed at QB.
The other Dubai-based stock exchange is NASDAQ Dubai, which is the international stock exchange in the Middle East. It enables a range of companies, including UAE and regional small and medium-sized enterprises, to trade on an exchange with an international brand name, with access by both regional and international investors.