Neighboring Nations
It’s a tough neighborhood for Saudi Arabia. There’s Jordan and Iraq in the north, Kuwait in the northeast, Qatar, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates off to the east, Oman to the southeast and Yemen to the south.
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Double Calendar
The Gregorian calendar is a fairly new implementation in Saudi life. It was in 2016 that the Saudis started using the Gregorian calendar alongside their own lunar Islamic calendar.