.sa

Latin alphabet Internet country code top-level domain for Saudi Arabia

.sa

Introduced| 17 May 1994
TLD type| Country code top-level domain
Status| Active
Registry| Communications and Information Technology Commission (SaudiNIC Unit)
Sponsor| Communications and Information Technology Commission
Intended use| Entities connected with  Saudi Arabia
Actual use| Gets some use in Saudi Arabia
Registered domains| 54,330 (21 August 2023)[1]
Registration restrictions| Must have Saudi presence, a local representative, or trademark registered in Saudi Arabia; must show legal papers verifying identity
Structure| Second level domains registration is available under (.sa) and (السعودية.), the third level domains registration is available beneath various second-level labels
Documents| Rules
Registry website| SaudiNIC

.sa is the Latin alphabet Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) of Saudi Arabia. Domains of this type can be registered through SaudiNIC, a department of the Communications and Information Technology Commission. The Arabic alphabet ccTLD of Saudi Arabia is السعودية.

## History

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The .sa top-level domain was managed by the King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology from 1995 to 2006. It was then transferred to Saudi Network Information Center (SaudiNIC).[2]

As of 21 August 2023, 54,330 .sa domain names were registered.[1]

## Second-level domains

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The second-level domains that are officially open to third-level registrations are:

* com.sa: Commercial entities and registered trademarks
* edu.sa: Educational institutions
* sch.sa: Elementary and secondary schools
* med.sa: Health services (hospitals, clinics, etc.)
* gov.sa: Governmental entities
* net.sa: Internet-related services (ISPs, web hosting, portal sites, etc.)
* org.sa: Non-profit organizations
* pub.sa: Entities or individuals that do not fit in other categories, including personal names.

## Internationalized country code TLD

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Saudi Arabia was one of the first countries to apply for the new internationalized domain name (IDN) country code top-level domains authorized by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) in 2009. In January 2010, ICANN announced that the Saudi IDN ccTLD (xn--mgberp4a5d4ar, السعودية) one of the first four new IDN ccTLDs to have passed the Fast Track String Evaluation within the domain application process.[3]

## See also

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* Saudi Network Information Center
* AlSaudiah

## References

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1. ^ a b SaudiNIC
2. ^ "SaudiNIC provides statistics for domain registrations per second-level domain, as well as full statistics for domain registration since 1995". Intgovforum.org. 2020. Archived from the original on 2012-09-20. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
3. ^ "First IDN ccTLDs Requests Successfully Pass String Evaluation". ICANN. 2010-01-21. Archived from the original on 24 January 2010. Retrieved 25 January 2010.

## External links

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* IANA .sa whois information
* Saudi Research & Innovation Network (King Abdulaziz City for Science & Technology) Archived 2005-11-22 at the Wayback Machine

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Country code top-level domains

ISO 3166-1

A .ac .ad .ae .af .ag .ai .al .am .ao .aq .ar .as .at .au .aw .ax .az B .ba .bb .bd .be .bf .bg .bh .bi .bj .bm .bn .bo .br .bs .bt .bw .by .bz C .ca .cc .cd .cf .cg .ch .ci .ck .cl .cm .cn .co .cr .cu .cv .cw .cx .cy .cz D .de .dj .dk .dm .do .dz E .ec .ee .eg .er .es .et .eu F .fi .fj .fk .fm .fo .fr G .ga .gd .ge .gf .gg .gh .gi .gl .gm .gn .gp .gq .gr .gs .gt .gu .gw .gy H .hk .hm .hn .hr .ht .hu I .id .ie .il .im .in .io .iq .ir .is .it J .je .jm .jo .jp K .ke .kg .kh .ki .km .kn .kp .kr .kw .ky .kz L .la .lb .lc .li .lk .lr .ls .lt .lu .lv .ly M .ma .mc .md .me .mg .mh .mk .ml .mm .mn .mo .mp .mq .mr .ms .mt .mu .mv .mw .mx .my .mz N .na .nc .ne .nf .ng .ni .nl .no .np .nr .nu .nz O .om P .pa .pe .pf .pg .ph .pk .pl .pm .pn .pr .ps .pt .pw .py Q .qa R .re .ro .rs .ru .rw S .sa .sb .sc .sd .se .sg .sh .si .sk .sl .sm .sn .so .sr .ss .st .su .sv .sx .sy .sz T .tc .td .tf .tg .th .tj .tk .tl .tm .tn .to .tr .tt .tv .tw .tz U .ua .ug .uk .us .uy .uz V .va .vc .ve .vg .vi .vn .vu W .wf .ws Y .ye .yt Z .za .zm .zw

Internationalized (IDN) ccTLD

| Cyrillic script| Arabic script| Brahmic scripts| Chinese characters| Other scripts

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* .бг (bg, Bulgaria)
* .бел (bieł, Belarus)
* .ею (eyu, European Union)
* .қаз (qaz, Kazakhstan)
* .мон (mon, Mongolia)
* .мкд (mkd, North Macedonia)
* .рф (rf, Russia)
* .срб (srb, Serbia)
* .укр (ukr, Ukraine)

* الجزائر. (al-Jazā’ir, Algeria)
* مصر. (Miṣr, Egypt)
* بھارت. (Bhārat, India)
* ایران. (Irân, Iran)
* الاردن. (al-Urdun, Jordan)
* فلسطين. (Filasṭin, Palestine)
* پاکستان. (Pākistān, Pakistan)
* قطر. (Qaṭar)
* السعودية. (al-Saudiah, Saudi Arabia)
* سوريا. (Sūryā, Syria)
* تونس. (Tunis, Tunisia)
* امارات. (Emarat, UAE)
* عمان. (ʻUmān, Oman)
* مليسيا. (Maleesya, Malaysia)
* المغرب. (al-Maġrib, Morocco)
* سودان. (Sūdān, Sudan)
* اليمن. (al-Yaman, Yemen)

* .বাংলা (Bāṅla, Bangladesh)
* .ভাৰত (Bhārat, India)
* .ভারত (Bhārat, India)
* .भारत (Bhārat, India)
* .భారత్ (Bhārat, India)
* .ભારત (Bhārat, India)
* .ਭਾਰਤ (Bhārat, India)
* .ଭାରତ (Bhārata, India)
* .இந்தியா (Indiyā, India)
* .ລາວ (Lao, Laos)
* .சிங்கப்பூர் (Cinkappūr, Singapore)
* .ලංකා (Laṅkā, Sri Lanka)
* .இலங்கை (Ilaṅkai, Sri Lanka)
* .ไทย (Thai, Thailand)

* .中国 (Zhōngguó/Zung1gwok3/Tiong-kok/Chûng-koet, China)
* .中國 (Zhōngguó/Zung1gwok3/Tiong-kok/Chûng-koet, China)
* .香港 (Xiānggǎng/Hoeng1gong2, Hong Kong)
* .澳門 (Àomén/Ou3mun4, Macau)
* .澳门 (Àomén/Ou3mun4, Macau)
* .新加坡 (Xīnjiāpō/Sin-ka-pho, Singapore)
* .台灣 (Táiwān/Tâi-uân/Thòi-vàn, Taiwan)
* .台湾 (Táiwān/Tâi-uân/Thòi-vàn, Taiwan)

* .հայ (hay, Armenia)
* .ευ (ey, European Union)
* .გე (ge, Georgia)
* .ελ (el, Greece)
* .한국 (Han-guk, South Korea)
* ישראל. (Yisrael, Israel)

Proposed ccTLDs

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.κπ (kp, Cyprus) - .日本 (Nippon, Japan)

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Others

| Reserved / unassigned| Allocated / unused| Phased out / deleted

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.bl .bq .eh .mf .su .xk

.bv .gb .sj

.an .bu .cs .dd .tp .um .yu .zr

See also: Generic top-level domains

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History|

* Pre-Islamic Arabia
* Early Islamic State
* Rashidun Caliphate
* Umayyad Caliphate
* Abbasid Caliphate
* Emirate of Diriyah
* Emirate of Nejd
* Kingdom of Hejaz
* Unification
* Modern history

Geography|

* Borders
* Cities and towns
* Climate
* Earthquakes
* Governorates
* Mountains
* Provinces
* Wadis
* Wildlife

Politics|

* Allegiance Council
* Cabinet
* Consultative Assembly
* Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques
* Foreign relations
* King
* Crown Prince
* Mabahith (secret police)
* National Security Council
* Nuclear program
* Prime Minister

Law|

* Basic Law
* Capital punishment
* Elections
* Freedom of religion
* Human rights
* LGBT
* Rape
* Women
* Judiciary
* Mutaween (religious police)
* Passport
* Visa policy

Military|

* Army
* Navy
* Air Force
* Air Defense
* Strategic Missile Force
* National Guard
* Chairman of the General Staff
* General Staff Presidency
* General Intelligence Presidency
* Military ranks

Economy|

* Agriculture
* Companies
* Capital Market Authority
* Council of Economic and Development Affairs
* Energy
* Oil reserves
* History of the oil industry
* Foreign workers
* Irrigation
* OPEC
* Riyal (currency)
* Saudi Central Bank
* Supreme Economic Council
* Tadawul (stock exchange)
* Telecommunications
* Tourism
* Transport
* rail

Society|

* Abortion
* Censorship
* Crime
* Demographics
* youth
* Discrimination
* Education
* libraries
* universities
* Health care
* Human trafficking
* Obesity
* Polygamy
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* Terrorism
* response to ISIL
* Water supply and sanitation

Culture|

* Art
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* television
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* Sport
* football
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