From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia .sa
.sa
.sa • com.sa: Commercial entitites and registered
trademarks
• edu.sa: Educational institutions
• sch.sa: Elementary and secondary schools
• med.sa: Health services (hospitals, clinics, etc.)
• gov.sa: Governmental entities
Introduced 1994
• net.sa: Internet-related services (ISPs, web hosting,
TLD type Country code top-level domain portal sites, etc.)
Status Active • org.sa: Non-profit organizations
• pub.sa: Entities or individuals that do not fit in other
Registry Communication & Information Technology categories, including personal names.
Commission (SaudiNIC Unit)
Sponsor Communication & Information Technology
Commission
Internationalized country code
Intended Entities connected with Saudi Arabia
TLD
use
Saudi Arabia was one of the first countries to apply for
Actual use Very popular in Saudi Arabia the new internationalized domain name country code
top-level domains authorized by ICANN in 2009. In Jan-
Registration Must have Saudi presence, a local
restrictions representative, or trademark registered in uary 2010 ICANN announced that the Saudi IDN ccTLD
Saudi Arabia; must show legal papers (xn--mgberp4a5d4ar, )السعوديةone of the first four new
verifying identity IDN ccTLDs to have passed the Fast Track String Evalua-
Structure Second level domains registration is tion within the domain application process.[1]
available under (.sa) and (. , )السعوديةthe third
level domains registration is available
beneath various second-level labels
References
Documents Rules
[1] "First IDN ccTLDs Requests Successfully Pass String
Evaluation". ICANN. 2010-01-21. http://icann.org/
Website SaudiNIC en/announcements/
announcement-21jan10-en.htm.
.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 External links
Communication & Information Technology Commission. • IANA .sa whois information
The Arabic alphabet ccTLD of Saudi Arabia is .السعودية • Internet Services Unit of - King Abdulaziz City for
Registrations are within these second-level cate- Science & Technology
gories: • .sa domain registration website
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Categories:
• Country code top-level domains
• Telecommunications in Saudi Arabia
• Domain name stubs
• Saudi Arabia stubs
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