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ESL-156 Culture Studies Instructor: Lyra Riabov Presenter: Saudi students

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Introduction Location Geography Size Population Other information

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Southwest Asia Red sea Arabian gulf

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Borders

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Size 2,720,000 km2

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Population Population As of the 2010, 29 million. Religion Religion Islam, which is the basis of the legal system and of government. Language Language Arabic; English widely spoken in urban areas. National Day National Day September 23, commemorating the foundation of the modern Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 1932.

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King Abdullah Bin Abdul-Aziz

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Madain Saleh Historic City Historic City :

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Skyscrapers

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Tourist city: mile tower highest fountain in the world

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The Red Sea

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Makkah Clock Royal Tower Holy Mosque

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Prophet's Mosque Tomb of the Prophet Muhammad Madinah

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Famous People A lot of. Different majors. Alwaleed Bin Talal The worlds second richest businessman in 1999 with 20 Billion $

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Famous People Someone special. D. Abdullah Alrabia.

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References http://www.arriyadh.com/ar/Tourism//?1=1&menuId=2685 http://www.arriyadh.com/ar/Tourism//?1=1&menuId=2685 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riyadh http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riyadh http://images.google.com.sa/imghp?hl=ar&tab=wi http://images.google.com.sa/imghp?hl=ar&tab=wi http://www.marefa.org/index.php http://www.marefa.org/index.php http://www.topforums.net/showthread.php?t=56869 http://www.topforums.net/showthread.php?t=56869 http://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/ http://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/ http://www.flickr.com/ http://www.flickr.com/

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