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 Saudi Arabia
is a monarchy in south-western Asia, occupying most
of the Arabian Peninsula. It is bordered on the
north by Jordan, Iraq, and Kuwait, on the east by
the Persian Gulf and Qatar, on the southeast by the
United Arab Emirates and Oman, on the south by the
Republic of Yemen, and on the west by the Red Sea
and the Gulf of Aqaba. The country's borders with
Yemen and the United Arab Emirates are not precisely
defined. Saudi Arabia has an area of about 2,240,000
sq km (about 865,000 sq mi). The capital and largest
city is Riyadh.
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