Saudi Arabia official name Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is the largest country on the Arabian Peninsula.
It borders Jordan (northwest), Iraq (north and northeast), Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates (east), Persian Gulf and Iran (northeast), Oman (southeast), Yemen (south), Red Sea, Egypt and Sudan (west). Capital and largest city is Riyadh. It is called "The Land of the Two Holy Mosques", a reference to Mecca and Medina, Islam’s two holiest places.