Saudi National Day (Arabic: اليوم الوطني المملكة العربية السعود...
wikipedia - 23 Sep 2022Saudi National Day (Arabic: اليوم الوطني المملكة العربية السعودية al-yawm al-waṭanī al-mamlaka al-ʿArabiyya as-Suʿūdiyya) is celebrated in Saudi Arabia on every 23 September to commemorate the renaming of the Kingdom of Nejd and Hejaz to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia by a royal decree from King Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud in 1932.[1] It was made a national holiday by King Abdullah in 2005.[2] The number of lunar, not solar, years are commemorated.[3]