| "Arabia" redirects here. For other uses, see Arabia (disambiguation)
The Arabian Peninsula is a peninsula in Southwest Asia at the
junction of Africa and Asia.
The coastal limits of the peninsula are: on the southwest the Red Sea and Gulf of Aqaba; on the southeast the Arabian Sea; and on the northeast the Gulf of Oman and
the Persian Gulf. Politically, the Arabian peninsula is dvided into the
following countries:
The country of Saudi Arabia covers most of Arabia. The majority of the population of the peninsula lives in Saudi Arabia and
in Yemen. The peninsula contains large amounts of oil and is home to the Islamic holy cities of Mecca and Medina, both of which are in Saudi Arabia. The UAE and Qatar are home to major Arabic language television stations such as Al-Jazeera.
The term "the Middle East" is sometimes applied to the peninsula alone,
but usually refers to a much larger region; the term "Arabia", however, is often used to refer only to Saudi Arabia. At other
times the term "Arabia" can stand for the whole Arab World, stretching from
Morocco in the west to Oman in the east.
- See also : Arab World, Araby, Rub' al Khali(desert), Arabian Desert and East Sahero-Arabian xeric shrublands
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