Creation of Gulf Cooperation Council

Date: May 25, 1981 • Location: Manfuha, Saudi Arabia

In Riyadh, the Gulf Cooperation Council is created between Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

Riyadh is the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia, as well as the largest city on the Arabian Peninsula. It serves as the administrative capital of both the Riyadh Province and the Riyadh Emirate. It has been the Saudi capital since 1824, when it was designated as the seat of the Second Saudi State, the current form of the metropolis largely emerged in the 1950s as an expansion of the 18th-century walled town, following the dismantling of its defensive fortifications.