Saudi Arabia is a Middle Eastern and West Asian nation. With a land size of over 2150000 km2 (830000 sq mi), it is the largest country in the Middle East and the fifth largest in Asia. It encompasses the majority of the Arabian Peninsula. Its borders are as follows: the Persian Gulf, Bahrain, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates to the east; Oman to the southeast; Yemen to the south; and the Red Sea to the west. Jordan, Iraq, and Kuwait border it to the north. Saudi Arabia is located northwest of Egypt and Israel across the Gulf of Aqaba. The majority of Saudi Arabia’s land is dry, and it is the only nation with coastlines on both the Persian and Red Seas.mountains, steppe, lowland, and desert. The largest and capital city is Riyadh; other important cities are Jeddah and Mecca and Medina, the two holiest places in Islam. Saudi Arabia is the fourth most populated country in the Arab world, home to 32.2 million people.