5 unexpected little things about Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia - do you know anything about them? To say, this country has a lot of interesting points that you may never have heard before.

1. The biggest oil giant in the world

Russia is a military and economic power. But for comparison, Saudi Arabia is not inferior, because they possess a very powerful natural resource, oil .

It is known that Saudi Arabian oil reserves are extremely large, in which the Ghawar oil field is considered to be the largest in the world. It is estimated that about 75 billion barrels of oil are still unexploited, and that the oil is enough to fill nearly 5 million Olympic-sized swimming pools (each pool can hold about 2.5 million liters of oil).

2. Oil is more than water

Saudi Arabia is the 13th largest country in the world. However, this is also the largest country without a river.

95% of Saudi land is desert and semi-desert, including the world's largest deserts, An Nafud and Rub al-Khali. Only 1.45% of the land area can be accommodated.

So although there is no accurate statistic, there is more to say in Saudi Arabia than freshwater.

3. Market . the world's largest camel

Although a country rich in oil, but Arabs still respect camels. Historically, camels are the main means of transportation of the people here.

Today, although science and technology has grown, but camels still stand a very important position in the culture of the Arabs. They are a source of milk, leather, or a local specialty that everyone wants to taste.

Because of that, Saudi Arabia is home to the world's largest camel market. Estimated in Riyadh, every day, about 100 camels are sold.

4. The tallest tower in the world is here

Built in 2013, (another name is Kingdom Tower) was born with the aim of breaking all records of the height of skyscrapers in the world. Although the building has not been completed yet, the estimated height of this tower is 1km.

Estimated, this tower will "burn" the budget of about $ 1.23 billion. But because of being an "oil giant", perhaps money is not a problem.

5. The only country that prohibits women from driving in the 21st century

As a Muslim country, Saudi Arabia also possesses extremely strict laws that discriminate against women.

They were once the only country in the world that banned women from driving cars in the 21st century. Fortunately, on June 24, the ban will be lifted, and the government will Officially issuing driving licenses for women.

However, women in this country still suffer from a number of relatively harsh laws, such as never wearing open-skinned clothes when on the road, or always wearing a veil in public . .