Saudi Arabia, the country of the Two Holy Mosques

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is the largest country in the Arabian Peninsula, bordered by the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba to the west and the Arabian Gulf to the east. Its neighboring countries include Jordan, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, the Sultanate of Oman, Yemen and Bahrain, and are connected to Saudi Arabia by paved roads. The kingdom has a population of 29.28 million people (2012), and its capital is Riyadh. The Kingdom's economy is based on petroleum. Where 90 percent of export earnings come from the oil industry; The Kingdom is the largest producer and exporter of oil in the world.