GEOGRAPHY
Area: 1,960,582
million sq. km. (1,176,349 mi.), about one-fourth the size of
the continental United States.
Cities (2001 est.): Capital--Riyadh (pop.
4.3 million). Other cities--Jeddah (2.25 million), Makkah,
(1.2 million), Dammam/Khobar/Dhahran, (1.6 million).
Terrain: Primarily desert with rugged mountains
in the southwest.
Climate: Arid, with great extremes of temperature
in the interior; humidity and temperature are both high along
the coast.
