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Dammam - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Dammam is an important Saudi port on the Arab Gulf.
The largest town in the eastern region, it has expanded to the city limits of two other modern towns, Al-Khobar and Dhahran.
Near Dammam are located the most important centers in the world for the production and refining of petroleum. The population of Dammam is greater than a million. The most important features of the city are :
King Fahd International Airport
King Fahd Park
The Coastal Sports Center
Half Moon Beach
In the early 1980s Dammam, the capital of the Eastern Region, was a separate city but so close to Al Khobar and Dhahran that the traveler could pass from one to the other in a few minutes.
With the continuing expansion of all parts of the Kingdom, the three towns inevitably merged into one, creating a single municipality known as Dammam Area.
Each of the three towns which compose the Dammam Area retain their own character and some local administrative functions but, in terms of its place in the Kingdom, the Dammam Area forms a single administrative entity.
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