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"time difference": {
"text": "UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
},
"note": "<strong>etymology:</strong> the name derives from the Arabic word \"riyadh,\" meaning \"gardens,\" and refers to various oasis towns in the area that merged to form the city"
"etymology": {
"text": "the name derives from the Arabic word \"riyadh,\" meaning \"gardens,\" and refers to various oasis towns in the area that merged to form the city"
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "13 regions (manatiq, singular - mintaqah); Al Bahah, Al Hudud ash Shamaliyah (Northern Border), Al Jawf, Al Madinah al Munawwarah (Medina), Al Qasim, Ar Riyad (Riyadh), Ash Sharqiyah (Eastern), 'Asir, Ha'il, Jazan, Makkah al Mukarramah (Mecca), Najran, Tabuk"
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"Suffrage": {
"text": "18 years of age; restricted to males; universal for municipal elections"
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "unicameral Consultative Council or Majlis al-Shura (150 seats; members appointed by the monarch to serve 4-year terms); note - in early 2013, the monarch granted women 30 seats on the Council"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> composition as of 2013 - men 121, women 30, percent of women 19.9%"
},
"Executive branch": {
"chief of state": {
"text": "King and Prime Minister SALMAN bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud (since 23 January 2015); Crown Prince MUHAMMAD BIN SALMAN bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud (born 31 August 1985); note - the monarch is both chief of state and head of government"
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"text": "none; the monarchy is hereditary; an Allegiance Council created by royal decree in October 2006 established a committee of Saudi princes for a voice in selecting future Saudi kings"
}
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "unicameral Consultative Council or Majlis al-Shura (150 seats; members appointed by the monarch to serve 4-year terms); note - in early 2013, the monarch granted women 30 seats on the Council"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> composition as of 2013 - men 121, women 30, percent of women 19.9%"
},
"Judicial branch": {
"highest courts": {
"text": "High Court (consists of the court chief and organized into circuits with 3-judge panels, except for the criminal circuit, which has a 5-judge panel for cases involving major punishments)"