.sa

ccTLD
Type	ccTLD
Country
Implemented	May 17, 1994
Registry	Communications, Space and Technology Commission
Websites	nic.sa

.sa is the ccTLD for Saudi Arabia. It is managed by the Communications, Space and Technology Commission.

Rules and Restrictions

.sa can be registered only by the following:

• an entity physically located in Saudi Arabia;
• a natural person having Saudi nationality or Premium Residency;
• an entity with a registration or license issued by a pertinent authority in Saudi Arabia;
• an owner of a trademark or trade name that is registered in Saudi Arabia.

A registrant must warrant that:

• the domain name has a relationship to the Registrant, and it has not been registered or used in bad faith or used to impersonate or infringe the rights of others;
• the domain name is not used to defame any person or entity;
• the domain name does not nor will be used to contravene any applicable laws in Saudi Arabia;
• it will not permit or allow any third party to use the domain name or its sub-domains unless it has the prior consent of SaudiNIC.

Also, a Registrant may not register, use, or maintain a domain name, nor submit any Service Request related to it as a mean to do or to support any of the following activities:

• if the purpose is to prevent others from registering or taking advantage therefrom;
• promoting the reselling of the domain name for a fee or free through entities other than licensed registrars;
• cyber-squatting or phishing other websites and services;
• acquiring fraudulently personal or confidential information or other means of identification;
• spamming or sending malicious e-mails;
• hosting or distributing malware;
• hijacking domain names;
• cracking systems and networks, or perform denial of service attacks;
• activities or content against the Islamic religion or Saudi laws and regulations (e.g., pornography, illegal drugs, alcohol, gambling and intellectual property piracy);
• activities classified as information crimes according to the pertinent regulations.

Second-level Domains

The following second-level domains are available:

• .com.sa: dedicated only for entities that provide commercial services with a valid Commercial Registration (or equivalent) issued by a pertinent authority in Saudi Arabia (e.g., Ministry of Commerce); or for locally registered trade names and/or trademarks;
• .edu.sa: dedicated only for entities that provide educational and training services directly to students (including, but not limited to, schools, universities, training institutes) with valid licenses issued by a pertinent authority in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (e.g., Ministry of Education, Technical and Vocational Training Corporation);
• .sch.sa: dedicated only for kindergartens, elementary schools, secondary schools, and high schools with valid licenses issued by a pertinent authority in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (e.g., Ministry of Education);
• .med.sa: dedicated only for entities that provide health services (e.g., hospitals, medical clinics, pharmacies), with valid licenses issued by a pertinent authority in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (e.g., Ministry of Health);
• .gov.sa: dedicated only for governmental entities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia including ministries, authorities, and general agencies;
• .net.sa: dedicated to entities that provide information technology services, communications services, media services, or postal services (e.g., ISPs, web hosting, TV and news media), with valid licenses issued by a pertinent authority in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (e.g., CST, Ministry of Commerce, or Ministry of Media);
• .org.sa: dedicated for non-profit entities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, including societies, charities, clubs, embassies, conferences and public organizations;
• .pub.sa: dedicated only for individuals.

Characters

The domain name label should be at least 2 and no more than 63 characters. The first and last character should be a letter or number. Labels shall not include two consecutive hyphen (-) characters.

Only Latin characters (a-z), digits (0-9) and the hyphen (-) are accepted.

Country code top-level domain. Determined by "ISO 3166-1: Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions — Part 1: Country codes".

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