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For each country or territory, the number and identity of other countries and territories that neighbor it are listed. ... Saudi Arabia: 7 10 12
Saudi Arabia: 60 37 The planned Qatar–Bahrain Causeway would connect Qatar to Bahrain. South Korea North Korea: 238 148 On the Korean Peninsula, at the Demarcation Line. The two countries are separated by a 4 km wide Demilitarized Zone. Both Koreas claim the Korean Peninsula. Timor-Leste Indonesia: 228 142 On the island of Timor.
Saudi Arabia, [d] officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), [e] is a country in West Asia.Located in the centre of the Middle East, it covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula and has a land area of about 2,150,000 km 2 (830,000 sq mi), making it the fifth-largest country in Asia, the largest in the Middle East, and the 12th-largest in the world. [15]
In a 1975 agreement with Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi accepted sovereignty over six villages in the 'Al Buraymi Oasis and the sharing of the rich Zararah oil field. In return, Saudi Arabia obtained an outlet to the Persian Gulf through Abu Dhabi. Saudi Arabia's maritime claims include a twelve-nautical-mile (22 km) territorial limit along its coasts.
Saudi Arabia is the world's leading petroleum exporter and petroleum exports fuel the Saudi economy. [3] Oil accounts for more than 90 percent of exports and nearly 75 percent of government revenues, facilitating the creation of a welfare state , [ 4 ] [ 5 ] which the government has found difficult to fund during periods of low oil prices . [ 6 ]
With a total of 2,440 kilometres (1,520 mi) coastline, it has maritime borders with 6 other countries: Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and Oman. [1] The Iran-Turkey border has a 376 kilometres (234 mi) moat, along with a 4 metres (13 ft) high concrete wall. [2]
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Map of Yemen from 1993, showing a typical portrayal of the boundary prior to the signing of 2000 Treaty of Jeddah. During the First World War, an Arab Revolt, supported by Britain, succeeded in removing the Ottomans from the Arabian Peninsula; in the period following this Ibn Saud managed to expand his kingdom considerably, eventually proclaiming the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 1932.