{"id":47883,"date":"2018-09-19T11:46:09","date_gmt":"2018-09-19T11:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/sharqiyah\/en\/lifestyle\/reviews\/bakery\/10-not-so-known-facts-about-saudi-arabia-that-most-saudi-residents-dont-know\/"},"modified":"2018-09-19T11:46:09","modified_gmt":"2018-09-19T11:46:09","slug":"10-not-so-known-facts-about-saudi-arabia-that-most-saudi-residents-dont-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dammam\/en\/inspo\/best-of\/10-not-so-known-facts-about-saudi-arabia-that-most-saudi-residents-dont-know\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Facts About Saudi Arabia That Even Most Saudi Residents Don\u2019t Know About"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Saudi Arabia is slowly opening its doors to tourists and many are making their way to this country without knowing much about it. But there are many things about this country<\/a> that even those who live here are not aware of and here are just a few<\/a> of them.<\/p>\n

1. With a size of 2,149,690 square km, Saudi Arabia is roughly about the size<\/a> of Western Europe.<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n

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2. This also makes it the largest country in the world without a river.<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n

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3. Saudi Arabia was the world\u2019s second largest arms importer<\/a> in 2012-16<\/h3>\n
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4. As per a news report<\/a> in 2016 most deaths in KSA are caused by road accidents<\/h3>\n
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5. After years of unfruitful explorations, it was in 1938 at Dammam\u2019s Well No.7 where oil was first discovered<\/a> in the country.<\/h3>\n
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6. The Ghawar<\/a> oil field in the Eastern part of the country is the largest conventional oil field in the world with estimated reserves that could fill up 4,770,897 Olympic swimming pools.<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n

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7. Contrary to what many believe Saudi Arabia does not hold the world\u2019s largest oil reserves – that title belongs to Venezuela.<\/a>
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8. Saudi Arabia\u2019s main export partner is China with a bulk of it being petroleum and petroleum products.<\/h3>\n

9. Saudi Arabia doesn\u2019t have enough camels so it imports them from Australia<\/a>
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10. Speaking of imports, Saudi Arabia imports sand<\/a> too.<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n

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