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Dammam (Arabic: الدَّمَّام ad-Dammām) is the capital of the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. Situated on the coast of the Arabian Gulf . With a population of 1,386,166 as of 2022, Dammam is the kingdom's fifth-most populous city after Riyadh , Jeddah , Mecca , and Medina .
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]
The Eastern Province's capital city of Dammam has special status. Like the other 12 regional capitals, Dammam is not included within any governorate but is instead simply known as the City of Dammam, in Arabic, the word أمانة (amānah) is used and the city is headed by a mayor (Arabic: أمين; amīn).
City Population [1] Comments Abha: 334,290 (2022) Capital city of Asir Ad-Dilam: 39,267 (2022) Al-Abwa: Al Artaweeiyah: Al Bukayriyah: 25,153: Badr: 30,494 (2022 ...
The airport is located 31 kilometres (19 miles) northwest of downtown Dammam and is named after the former King of Saudi Arabia, Fahd ibn Abdulaziz (1921–2005). The airport serves the entire Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia and is one of the four primary international airports in the kingdom.
Saudi Arabia, [d] officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), [e] is a country in West Asia.Located in the centre of the Middle East, it covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula and has a land area of about 2,150,000 km 2 (830,000 sq mi), making it the fifth-largest country in Asia, the largest in the Middle East, and the 12th-largest in the world. [15]
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.
This is a list of traditional Arabic place names. This list includes: Places involved in the history of the Arab world and the Arabic names given to them. Places whose official names include an Arabic form. Places whose names originate from the Arabic language. All names are in Standard Arabic and academically transliterated. Most of these ...