03/05/2013

Fun facts about Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

It is a country without a river (drinking water comes from desalinization and water for agriculture from wells).
Pepsi sells better than Coca cola.
Population is estimated to be between 27 and 29 million (it is not known for sure because some places are so remote that the census is performed visually using airplane).

It is 13th largest country in the world:

a tad bit smaller than 1/2 the size of India
as big as 38 Croatias
7 Italys
6 Germanys
3.5 Iberian peninsulas
twice as big as Germany, Benelux and France put together.


You can fill a car tank for 4€ worth of fuel.
It is illegal for women to drive cars however it is OK for them to fly the plane.


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