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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. [1]
King Abdul Aziz Port, also known as Dammam Port, is a port in the city of Dammam, Saudi Arabia. It is the largest port in the Arabian Gulf , and the third largest and third busiest port in the Middle East and North Africa ( MENA ) region, after the Jeddah Islamic Port .
The nearest railway station to Khobar is the Dammam railway station, which offers connections via its 449 km (279 mi) Dammam–Riyadh line to Abqaiq, Hofuf and Riyadh. Khobar's North Corniche Human resources
On 18 July 2024, the landing gear of a Nile Air Airbus A321-231 (registration SU-BQL) operating as Flight 232 from Dammam to Cairo International Airport caught fire during take-off on runway 34L. The pilots aborted the take-off and all 186 passengers and 8 crew members were evacuated safely, with no injuries reported. [51]
Dammam is an industrialized zone in the eastern province. It is primarily due to the discovery of oil reserves. The city is location of the country's oil and gas industry. Dammam has been a major industrial city of the Middle East. The city contributes greatly to the national economy. The GDP per capita of Dammam is ر.س 87,570. With plethora ...
Highway 40 (Arabic: الطريق السريع ٤٠) is a major east–west six-lane controlled-access highway in Saudi Arabia, spanning 1,395 km (867 mi).The highway connects Jeddah, the second-largest city in the kingdom, on the western coast of Saudi Arabia to Dammam, the sixth-largest city on the eastern coast and the largest in the Eastern Province.
The present passenger railway line (Dammam-Riyadh Railway Line 1) from Riyadh to Dammam via Buqayq and Hofuf, measuring 449 km (279 mi), was completed in 1985. Along with the decrease in distance, this shortened the time taken for the journey between the two cities from 7 hours to 5 hours.
King Salman Energy Park (known as SPARK) (Arabic: مدينة الملك سلمان للطاقة) is a new megaproject being constructed and located between Dammam and Al-Ahsa in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. This project is being developed, operated and managed by Saudi Aramco.