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The Dammam metropolitan area, or Greater Dammam, is the largest metropolitan area in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. It consists of "The Triplet Cities" of Dammam, Khobar, Dhahran, Qatif and their vicinities. It had a population of 2,742,800 as of the 2022 census.
Together with the nearby cities of Dammam and Khobar, Dhahran forms part of the Dammam Metropolitan Area, which is commonly known as greater Dammam and has an estimated population of 2.2 million as of 2022. A Concession Agreement to search for oil was signed in Jeddah on May 29, 1933 between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Standard Oil of ...
View on OpenStreetMap. Latitude. 26.2967° or 26° 17' 48" north. Longitude. 50.1202° or 50° 7' 13" east. Population. 121,000. Elevation. 44 metres (144 feet) IATA airport code. DHA. United Nations Location Code. SA DHA. Open Location Code. 7HRG74WC+M3. OpenStreetMap ID. node 447805356. OpenStreetMap Feature.
Dhahran, town, northeastern Saudi Arabia. It is located in the Dammam oil field, just south of the Persian Gulf port of Dammam and near the site of the original discovery of oil in Saudi Arabia in 1938. It now serves as the administrative headquarters of Saudi Aramco. A major U.S. Air Force.
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The governorate includes parts of other cities in the Dammam metropolitan area, most notably the entirety of Dhahran, as the city is not part of its own governorate. The majority of its area besides the cities of Dammam and Dhahran is uninhabited desert, with the two major exceptions being the King Fahd International Airport and the Second ...
Dammam is the largest city in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, and the 3rd largest city in the kingdom after Riyadh and Jeddah.
Cities » Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. Latitude and longitude coordinates are: 26.236355, 50.032600. Dhahran (الظهران) is a city located in northeastern Saudi Arabia, west of downtown Khobar, south of Dammam, and the part of the Dammam Metropolitan Area.
