Facts about Saudi Arabia

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   Women gained the right to drive in Saudi Arabia on June 24, 2018, following a royal decree that lifted a decades-long ban that had restricted female mobility.

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   Saudi Arabia's Rub' al Khali desert, the world's largest continuous sand desert, covers approximately 650,000 square kilometers across the Arabian Peninsula.

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   Over 30 percent of Saudi Arabia's electricity generation came from renewable energy sources by 2023, marking significant progress toward the kingdom's 2030 sustainability goals.

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   Hajj pilgrims to Mecca numbered 1.8 million in 2019, making Saudi Arabia's annual religious gathering one of the world's largest mass migrations.

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   Neom, Saudi Arabia's $500 billion megacity project launched in 2017, aims to become fully operational by 2030 with zero carbon emissions.

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   In 2019, Saudi Arabia hosted the G20 summit in Riyadh, the first time the kingdom held the rotating presidency of the group of major economies.

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   The world's largest oil reserves are located in Saudi Arabia, containing approximately 268 billion barrels as of 2023.

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