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Anniversary of the Declaration of the Unification of Saudi Arabia
Saudi National Day (Arabic: اليوم الوطني للمملكة العربية السعودية al-Yawm al-Waṭanī lil-Mamlaka al-ʿArabiyya as-Saʿūdiyya) is celebrated annually in Saudi Arabia on September 23 to commemorate the renaming of the Kingdom of Nejd and Hejaz to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and its proclamation by a royal decree of King Abdul Aziz al-Saud in 1932.

23 September was first observed when King Faisal issued a royal decree on 21 August 1965 that declared the day to be celebrated at official levels as per the Gregorian calendar. In 2005, King Abdullah issued a royal decree that officially declared it a national holiday from 2007 onwards.The number of lunar, not solar, years are commemorated.

Establishment of Saudi Arabia

King Abdulaziz was able to conquer the oases of Riyadh in 1902; and al-Hasa in 1913, and by 1925, he unified both Nejd and the Hejaz after defeating the forces of Sharif Hussein. On 23 September 1932, King Abdulaziz changed the name of his realm to his family name, the House of Saud.

Customs

Saudi National Day is celebrated with folk dances, songs, and traditional festivities. Roads and buildings are decorated with Saudi flags, and people wear the national colours of green and white, and display balloons in the same.

Events and occasions on the same day