Peninsular Arab Republic

The Peninsular Arab Republic (Arabic: الجمهورية العربية الجزيرية al-jumhūriyah al-‘arabīyah al-jazīrīyah), informally known as the Peninsular Republic (جمهورية الجزيرة jumhūriyat al-jazīrah) and colloquially as The Peninsula (الجزيرة al-jazīrah), is one of 20 federated Arab republics which make up the Arab Union. It has a population of over 33 million, and constitutes the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, its namesake. The capital and largest city is Riyadh. The Peninsular Republic is home to two of the three holiest cities according to Islam, namely Mecca and Medina, the third (and third holiest) being Jerusalem, capital of the Palestinian Arab Republic (which is also considered the holiest city in the other major Abrahamic faiths of Judaism and Christianity).