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[-] Roggebrood@feddit.nl 9 points 3 months ago

The Ottoman Empire never ruled in east Arabia (apart from Muscat) or in the central areas, did they?

[-] Skua@kbin.earth 4 points 3 months ago

There was the Lahsa eyalet along the Persian gulf for ~100 years, and for the interior I guess the few years immediately after the Wahabbi war would count?

[-] s_s@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago

and for the interior I guess

It's just sand. Doesn't really matter. 🙃

[-] Skua@kbin.earth 1 points 3 months ago

More people live in that sand than live in Switzerland

[-] s_s@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

The population of al-Mintaqah ash-Sharqīyah (eastern province) is 5 Million. Population density of 7.3/km^2

The population of Switzerland is 9 million. Population density of 207/km^2.

It's SAND, bro.

[-] Skua@kbin.earth 1 points 3 months ago

For a start, that's the bit that is roughly the same area as the Lahsa eyalet, not the interior. Riyadh province, which is in the middle bit, has eight and a half million people. Add in al-Qassim province which is also in that area and you have ten million.

But also, just generally... five million people is a lot of people. It's not like it's even a particular outlier in terms of density. The eastern province is more densely populated than Canada.

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