Saudi Arabia, it's a country that has quite a bit of controversy
Surrounding it and in the West it may not have the greatest reputation
But no matter how much you think you know about this place?
There's a lot [of] things that you didn't know so in this video
I'm taking a look at 12 unbelievable facts regarding Saudi, Arabia. What's happening everybody?
My name is Leroy Kenton welcome back to another episode of FTD facts. Oh yeah in this episode
We're going to be taking a look at some other controversial point as well as some of the great points about Saudi
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You know there's four names that you can actually call the country the conventional long-form name of Saudi Arabia is Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia the conventional short Form is simply Saudi Arabia the local long form is album Laka Al Arabia
Osteria the local short form is while Arabia Al sadia now. You guys know that Saudi
Arabia is the largest country in the world without a river the extensive
coastlines on the persian gulf and the Red Sea makes them great for shipping
things like Crude oil through the persian gulf and [the] suez canal
The Modern Saudi State was founded in Nineteen Thirty two by a man named Abdul Aziz Bin Abdul
Rahman after a 30-year campaign to unify most of the arabian Peninsula
One of his male descendants ruled the country [today] as required by the Country's
1992 basic law now in Regards to princes of Saudi Arabia there's over
7,000 Saudi Arabian Prince is alive today
And the estimate that the royal family is up to 30,000 people each of the princes in Saudi
Arabia get top priority [when] it comes to getting jobs and professional opportunities
they also must be hired before a
Non-print could get a job so let's talk about the driest places on Earth where could that be?
Obviously, it's that area because we're talking [about] it more specifically the rub al-Khali, or the empty quarter
This is considered the driest place on Earth
Now this desert which is a thousand [kilometers]
Which is Roughly 620 miles long and 500 kilometers about 310 miles wide
occupies a large portion of Saudi Arabia in regards to religion Saudi Arabia is actually the birthplace of
Islam as well as it's the home to Islam to holiest Shrine in Mecca and Medina
That's why the king of Saudi, Arabia's official title is actually the custodian of the two holy mosques and as a matter of fact
Non-Muslims are prohibited to set foot on these two places and since we are talking a little bit about religion guys
I want to know down below in the comments section what religion are you or if you're not a religious person?
what do you identify as the islamic law is also the law of the land which means judges give punishments based on their
Interpretation of the quran as well as all judges in Saudi, Arabia are handpicked by the king in regards to Tradition studies
Have great respect for privacy so you never ever
Film a woman in public as well as you can take photos of males, but you got to get their permission first
it's not like in North America where the press has a
Free-for-All everybody is taking photos of everybody now to touch on a pretty controversial topic women in Saudi
Arabia cannot own property leave the house sign Legal documents, or
classes without the permission of a male guardian like her husband father brother
Or son also on top of that in court a woman's testimony is
Considered fifty percent less trustworthy than a mailed testimony now in terms of Wildlife here
We have the graceful arabian, Oryx
It was actually listed as extinct in the wild by the international union for conservation of Nature and natural resources
Afterwards it was reintroduced in the deserts of Saudi, Arabia
The Antelope was again reclassified as vulnerable this animal was again reclassified as vulnerable
Making it one of the few animals in the world population has increased
after nearly disappearing now the title for the world's tallest
Building is always a title that some country wants to have but in
2018 that title will belong to the kingdom power which is a centerpiece of a new city being built in Saudi
Arabia the Kingdom Tower is set to be the first building to ever reach more than a
Kilometre which is about three thousand two hundred and eighty feet into the air and it will include a hotel
observatory
office space as well as have apartment for people that want to take a look at the view from
So high up now once construction for the tower is complete
It's likely that this will not be passed for all good while as well as one analyst says that
Reaching one kilometre into the air like the kingdom tower would is currently the limit of what engineering can do this project?
Is Indiscreet to finish?
in 2018 the [foot] project, which is really a
1000 meter Plus now before we go. Let's talk a little bit about the water problems in Saudi
Arabia Saudi Arabia has an average summer temperature of a hundred and thirteen degrees Fahrenheit now for the past several decades
They have been using water from an Aqua fire. Which is an underground body of rock that has been saturated with water
Aquifers are great sources of water, but the problem with them
Is that they refill slowly and what started out as a viable water supply stores has now depleted
So much, so that only twenty percent of it is left also Saudi, Arabia
Dees alien-made more water than any other country in the world and this alienation is pretty much as taking
Salt and all the chemicals out of water but even being the world leaders [in] this alienation
That's still not enough in order to meet the demand for fresh water
Around two hundred billion dollars would need to be spent on the Sealian nation
Resources over the next decade so that concludes this episode of std fact on [Saudi] [Arabia]. We just scratched the surface
There's so many more facts to observe if you want a part to let me [know] down below
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Appreciating one another even though we're different parts of the world different nationalities different religions. Whatever at the end of the day
We're all people. Thank you guys for being awesome until next time. I'm Leroy Kenton. Boom!