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Saudi Arabia
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The kingdom occupies 80 percent of the Arabian Peninsula.
Most of the country's boundaries with the United Arab Emirates
(UAE), Oman, and the Republic of Yemen (formerly two separate
countries: the Yemen Arab Republic, or North Yemen; and the
People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, or South Yemen) are
undefined, so the exact size of the country remains unknown. The
Saudi government estimate is 2,217,949 square kilometers. Other
reputable estimates vary between 2,149,690 square kilometers and
2,240,000 square kilometers. Less than 1 percent of the total
area is suitable for cultivation, and in the early 1990s
population distribution varied greatly among the towns of the
eastern and western coastal areas, the densely populated interior
oases, and the vast, almost empty deserts.
Data as of December 1992
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