Arabian Peninsula
peninsula in Western Asia
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Summary
Arabian Peninsula is a peninsula[1]. It ranks in the top 0.87% of peninsula entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15,749 views/month, #7 of 801).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Saudi Arabia[3], United Arab Emirates[4], Qatar[5], Oman[6], Yemen[7], Bahrain[8], Kuwait[9], Iraq[10], Jordan[11]
- Located in or next to body of water: Gulf of Aqaba[12], Red Sea[13], Arabian Sea[14], Persian Gulf[15], Indian Ocean[16], Strait of Hormuz[17], Gulf of Oman[18]
- Instance of: cultural region[19], province[20]
- Shares border with: Levant[21], Mesopotamia[22]
- Part of: Middle East[23]
- Commons category: Arabian Peninsula[24]
- Said to be the same as: Arabia[25]
- Highest point: Jabal an Nabi Shu'ayb[26]
- Located in/on physical feature: Arabian Plate[27]
- Topic's main category: Category:Arabian Peninsula[28], Q8879961[29]
- Commons gallery: Arabian peninsula[30]
- Population: 77,584,000[31], 63,364,001[32], 47,466,523[33], 9,481,713[34], 11,788,232[35], 15,319,678[36], 23,286,256[37], 35,167,708[38]
- Described by source: Orthodox Theological Encyclopedia[39], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[40], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[41], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[42], Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[43], Sytin Military Encyclopedia[44], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[45], Pauly–Wissowa[46], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[47], 1922 Encyclopædia Britannica[48], The New Student's Reference Work[49], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[50]
- Topic has template: Q25720659[51]
- Category for people born here: Q32316136[52]
- Category for people who died here: Q9221021[53]
- Native label: شبه الجزيرة العربية[54]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Arabian Peninsula include Arabian-Nubian Shield[55], a shield[56]; Arabia Terra[57], a terra[58]; and Aravis[59], a fictional human[60].
Why It Matters
Arabian Peninsula has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[61] It is known by 106 alternative names across languages and contexts.[62]
Entities named for it include Arabian-Nubian Shield[55], a shield[56]; Arabia Terra[57], a terra[58]; and Aravis[59], a fictional human[60].