Ubicación: Middle East, bordering the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea, north of Yemen

Cordenadas Geográficas: 25 00 N, 45 00 E

Referencias en el mapa: Middle East

Area:
total: 1,960,582 sq km
land: 1,960,582 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Area - comparativo: slightly more than one-fifth the size of the US

Fronteras:
total: 4,415 km
border countries: Iraq 814 km, Jordan 728 km, Kuwait 222 km, Oman 676 km, Qatar 60 km, UAE 457 km, Yemen 1,458 km

Costa: 2,640 km

Demandas Marítimas:
contiguous zone: 18 nm
continental shelf: not specified
territorial sea: 12 nm

Clima: harsh, dry desert with great extremes of temperature

Terreno: mostly uninhabited, sandy desert

Extremos de Elevación:
lowest point: Persian Gulf 0 m
highest point: Jabal Sawda' 3,133 m

Recursos Naturales: petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, gold, copper

Uso de Tierras:
arable land: 2%
permanent crops: 0%
permanent pastures: 56%
forests and woodland: 1%
other: 41% (1993 est.)

Tierras Irrigadas: 4,350 sq km (1993 est.)

Peligros Naturales: frequent sand and dust storms

Ambiente - asuntos actuales: desertification; depletion of underground water resources; the lack of perennial rivers or permanent water bodies has prompted the development of extensive seawater desalination facilities; coastal pollution from oil spills

Ambiente - acuerdos internacionales:
party to: Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements

Nota - geografía: extensive coastlines on Persian Gulf and Red Sea provide great leverage on shipping (especially crude oil) through Persian Gulf and Suez Canal