.sa

.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.

.sa
Introduced1994
TLD typeCountry code top-level domain
StatusActive
RegistryCommunications and Information Technology Commission (SaudiNIC Unit)
SponsorCommunications and Information Technology Commission
Intended useEntities connected with  Saudi Arabia
Actual useSome use in Saudi Arabia
Registered domains63,101 (November 2019)[1]
Registration restrictionsMust have Saudi presence, a local representative, or trademark registered in Saudi Arabia; must show legal papers verifying identity
StructureSecond level domains registration is available under (.sa) and (.السعودية), the third level domains registration is available beneath various second-level labels
DocumentsRules
Registry websiteSaudiNIC

History

The .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).[2]

In December 2013, 31,604 .sa domain names were registered.[2]

Second-level domains

The second-level domains that are officially open to third-level registrations are:

  • com.sa: Commercial entities and registered trademarks
  • edu.sa: Educational institutions
  • sch.sa: Elementary and secondary schools
  • med.sa: Health services (hospitals, clinics, etc.)
  • gov.sa: Governmental entities
  • net.sa: Internet-related services (ISPs, web hosting, portal sites, etc.)
  • org.sa: Non-profit organizations
  • 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
  1. "Statistics". www.nic.sa. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
  2. "World report on Internationalised Domain Names" (PDF). Intgovforum.org. 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  3. "First IDN ccTLDs Requests Successfully Pass String Evaluation". ICANN. 2010-01-21. Archived from the original on 24 January 2010. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
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