.sa

.sa

Introduced	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	Very popular in Saudi Arabia
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
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.

Registrations are within these second-level categories:

• 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.

External links

• IANA .sa whois information
• Internet Services Unit of - King Abdulaziz City for Science & Technology
• .sa domain registration website