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Saudi Arabia

Published on Nov 26, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

SAUDI ARABIA

BY:SOFIE STUMPF

Geography
Saudi Arabia is a hot dessert country. It has a harsh dry climate, and temperatures can very. It can be very cold at night. It also could be extremely hot during the day.

THE PEOPLE

  • 24,000,000 people total
  • Literacy rate M-90% F-82%
  • Life expectancy M-72 F-77
  • GDP 718.5 billion
  • GDP per capita 12,000

INDUSTRY

  • Country's largest issue; no fresh water
  • Crops grown; wheat, barley, tomatoes, melons, dates, citrus, mutton, chicken, eggs, milk
  • Natural resources; petroleum, natural gas, iron, gold, copper
  • Exports; petroleum (makes up for 90%, every thing else minute)
  • Import; machinery, equipment, foodstuffs, chemicles, motor vehicles, textiles

Issues
The county is facing several issues, the main being water. The country is the largest in the world with no fresh water. People are desperate to find water wanting to build wells. They however have started building large sea distillation plants, but with some much sea activity now it is becoming polluted.

WHERE IS IT?

  • Saudi Arabia is 25000N and 45000E
  • It is 2,150,0000 Sq Mi. Approximately
  • It is south of Iraq west of Iran and east of Egypt
  • The Red Sea and Persian Gulf border it
  • It is a Mid-Eastern country