.sa
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.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 Communications and Information Technology Commission. The Arabic alphabet ccTLD of Saudi Arabia is السعودية.
History
The <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />.sa top-level domain was managed by the King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology from 1995 to 2006. It was then transferred to Saudi Network Information Center (SaudiNIC).[1]
As of 21 August 2023, 54,330 <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />.sa domain names were registered.[2]
Second-level domains
The second-level domains that are officially open to third-level registrations are:
- <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />com.sa: Commercial entities and registered trademarks
- <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />edu.sa: Educational institutions
- <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />sch.sa: Elementary and secondary schools
- <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />med.sa: Health services (hospitals, clinics, etc.)
- <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />gov.sa: Governmental entities
- <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />net.sa: Internet-related services (ISPs, web hosting, portal sites, etc.)
- <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />org.sa: Non-profit organizations
- <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />pub.sa: Entities or individuals that do not fit in other categories, including personal names.
Internationalized country code TLD
Saudi Arabia was one of the first countries to apply for the new internationalized domain name (IDN) country code top-level domains authorized by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) in 2009. In January 2010, ICANN announced that the Saudi IDN ccTLD (xn--mgberp4a5d4ar, السعودية) one of the first four new IDN ccTLDs to have passed the Fast Track String Evaluation within the domain application process.[3]
See also
References
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External links
- IANA .sa whois information
- Saudi Research & Innovation Network (King Abdulaziz City for Science & Technology) Script error: No such module "webarchive".
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