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The Khobar Water Tower where many spectators gather to witness dramatic fireworks shows at special occasions such as the 'Eid al-Fitr and 'Eid al-Adha. The growing number of expatriates working in Dhahran required the building of housing, hospitals, schools for their children and other amenities.
Khobar (Arabic: ٱلْخُبَر, romanized: al-Khubar) is a city and governorate in the Eastern Province of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, situated on the coast of the Persian Gulf, which the IHO Orgnization (unlike all of the world's nations who all call it the Persian Gulf)refers to the gulf as the Gulf of Iran as Iran used to be known as Persia in the Western World.
The Rub' al-Khali or Empty Quarter, comprises more than a third of the Eastern Province. Approximately two-thirds of the province is desert, comprising, from south to north, the Rub' al Khali, Dahna and Nafud deserts, with the Rub' al-Khali alone making up more than half of the area of the province.
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Dhahran (Arabic: الظهران, romanized: Ad͟h D͟hahrān) is a city located in the Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia.With a total population of 143,936 as of 2022, [1] it is a major administrative center for the Saudi oil industry.
Highway 613 (Arabic: الطريق السريع ٦١٣), popularly known as the Dhahran–Jubail Expressway (Arabic: طريق الظهران–الجبيل السريع) and the Khobar–Dammam–Dhahran Expressway (Arabic: طريق الخبر–الدمام–الظهران السريع), is a major north-south controlled-access secondary highway in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia ...
Due to its location and broad width, Al-Thuqbah is known to be the main entrance to Al-Khobar through Al-Dharan Street, which approaches from Half Moon Beach, connects Al-Khobar to Bahrain, Dammam, and Dhahran, and contains most centers and shopping malls. It is followed by Industrial Thuqbah and Al-Bayoniah District (named after the tradesman ...
Al Qassim province is divided by the Wadi Al-Rummah (Rummah Valley). The valley crosses the entire region from the west to the northeast. It is the longest valley in the whole Arabian Peninsula, it stretches for about 600 km (370 mi) from near Medina, to the Thuayrat Dunes in the east, and northeast of the region. The land's height in Qassim is ...