Editing .sa

{{Short description|Latin alphabet Internet country code top-level domain for Saudi Arabia}}{{Infobox Top level domain
|name=.sa
|image=SANIC logo.svg
|introduced=17 May 1994
|type=[[Country code top-level domain]]
|status=Active
|registry=[[Communications and Information Technology Commission (Saudi Arabia)|Communications and Information Technology Commission]] ([[SaudiNIC]] Unit)
|sponsor=[[Communications and Information Technology Commission (Saudi Arabia)|Communications and Information Technology Commission]]
|intendeduse=Entities connected with {{KSA}}
|actualuse=Gets some use in Saudi Arabia as well as websites related to [[Sonic Adventure]]
| registereddomains = 54,330<!--excludes AlSaudiah-->
| dateregistereddomains = 21 August 2023
| refregistereddomains = <ref name="saudinic">[https://www.nic.sa/en/ SaudiNIC]</ref>
|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
|document=[http://www.saudinic.net.sa/page.php?page=1&lang=1 Rules]
|disputepolicy=
|website=[https://nic.sa/en SaudiNIC]
|}}

'''.sa''' is the [[Latin alphabet]] [[Internet]] [[country code]] [[top-level domain]] ([[ccTLD]]) of [[Saudi Arabia]]. Domains of this type can be registered through [[Saudi Network Information Center|SaudiNIC]], a department of the [[Communications and Information Technology Commission (Saudi Arabia)|Communications and Information Technology Commission]]. The [[Arabic alphabet]] ccTLD of Saudi Arabia is [[السعودية.]]

== History ==
The {{mono|.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).<ref name="intgovforum wks2014">{{cite web|date=2020|title=SaudiNIC provides statistics for domain registrations per second-level domain, as well as full statistics for domain registration since 1995|url=https://www.nic.sa/en|url-status=live|access-date=23 December 2019|website=Intgovforum.org|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120920031003/http://nic.sa/en/  |archive-date = 2012-09-20  }}</ref>

As of 21 August 2023, 54,330 {{mono|.sa}} domain names were registered.<ref name="saudinic"/>

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

* {{mono|com.sa}}: Commercial entities and registered trademarks
* {{mono|edu.sa}}: Educational institutions
* {{mono|sch.sa}}: Elementary and secondary schools
* {{mono|med.sa}}: Health services (hospitals, clinics, etc.)
* {{mono|gov.sa}}: Governmental entities
* {{mono|net.sa}}: Internet-related services (ISPs, web hosting, portal sites, etc.)
* {{mono|org.sa}}: Non-profit organizations
* {{mono|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 [[ICANN|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.<ref>{{Cite web
 |url=http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-21jan10-en.htm 
 |title=First IDN ccTLDs Requests Successfully Pass String Evaluation 
 |date=2010-01-21 
 |publisher=ICANN 
 |access-date=25 January 2010 <!--Added by DASHBot--> 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100124073406/http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-21jan10-en.htm 
 |archive-date=24 January 2010 
 |url-status=live 
}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Saudi Network Information Center]]
* [[AlSaudiah]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/sa.html IANA .sa whois information]
* [http://www.isu.net.sa Saudi Research & Innovation Network (King Abdulaziz City for Science & Technology)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051122054639/http://www.isu.net.sa/services/domain-reg.htm |date=2005-11-22 }}

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[[Category:Internet properties established in 1994]]
[[Category:Country code top-level domains]]
[[Category:Internet in Saudi Arabia]]

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