.sa
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| Introduced | 17 May 1994 |
|---|---|
| TLD type | Country code top-level domain |
| Status | Active |
| Registry | Communications and Information Technology Commission (SaudiNIC Unit) |
| Sponsor | Communications and Information Technology Commission |
| Intended use | Entities connected with  Saudi Arabia |
| Actual use | Gets some use in Saudi Arabia |
| Registered domains | 54,330 (21 August 2023)[1] |
| Registration restrictions | Must have Saudi presence, a local representative, or trademark registered in Saudi Arabia; must show legal papers verifying identity |
| Structure | Second level domains registration is available under (.sa) and (.السعودية), the third level domains registration is available beneath various second-level labels |
| Documents | Rules |
| Registry website | 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
[edit]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]
As of 21 August 2023, 54,330 .sa domain names were registered.[1]
Second-level domains
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b SaudiNIC
- ^ "SaudiNIC provides statistics for domain registrations per second-level domain, as well as full statistics for domain registration since 1995". Intgovforum.org. 2020. Archived from the original on 2012-09-20. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
- ^ "First IDN ccTLDs Requests Successfully Pass String Evaluation". ICANN. 2010-01-21. Archived from the original on 24 January 2010. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
External links
[edit]- IANA .sa whois information
- Saudi Research & Innovation Network (King Abdulaziz City for Science & Technology)
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