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Latin alphabet Internet country code top-level domain for Saudi Arabia.sa SANIC logo.svg 17 May 1994 Country code top-level domain Active Communications and Information Technology Commission (SaudiNIC Unit) Communications and Information Technology Commission Entities connected with Gets some use in Saudi Arabia as well as websites related to Sonic Adventure 54,330 21 August 2023 SaudiNIC Must have Saudi presence, a local representative, or trademark registered in Saudi Arabia; must show legal papers verifying identity Second level domains registration is available under (.sa) and (السعودية.), the third level domains registration is available beneath various second-level labels Rules SaudiNIC .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 .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).2020 SaudiNIC provides statistics for domain registrations per second-level domain, as well as full statistics for domain registration since 1995 https://www.nic.sa/en live 23 December 2019 Intgovforum.org https://web.archive.org/web/20120920031003/http://nic.sa/en/ 2012-09-20 As of 21 August 2023, 54,330 .sa domain names were registered. 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.http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-21jan10-en.htm First IDN ccTLDs Requests Successfully Pass String Evaluation 2010-01-21 ICANN 25 January 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100124073406/http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-21jan10-en.htm 24 January 2010 live See also Saudi Network Information Center AlSaudiah References External links IANA .sa whois information Saudi Research & Innovation Network (King Abdulaziz City for Science & Technology) https://web.archive.org/web/20051122054639/http://www.isu.net.sa/services/domain-reg.htm 2005-11-22 Category:Internet properties established in 1994 Category:Country code top-level domains Category:Internet in Saudi Arabia