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Dammam

Administration
Full nameAd Dammam
Official nameAd Dammam
CountrySaudi Arabia
ProvinceEastern Province
Government
MayorDhaifallah al-'Utaybi
Provincial GovernorMuhammed Bin Fahd
Geography
Total Area308.9 sq mi (800.1 km2)
Demography
Total Population769000 (2009)
Metro (pop.)2054710
Other information
Postal Code(5 digits)
Area code03

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Dammam (also Ad Dammām) ( ) is the capital of the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, (the most oil-rich region in the world). The judicial and administrative bodies of the Eastern Province and several government departments are located in the city. Dammam is the largest city in the Eastern Province and third largest in Saudi Arabia after Riyadh and Jeddah. It is an important commercial hub and port in Saudi Arabia.

Dammam, and the rest of the Eastern Province, is served by the King Fahd International Airport (KFIA), the largest airport in the world in terms of land area (approximately 780 km2), is about 20 km to the northwest of the city.

Dammam's King Abdul Aziz Sea Port is the largest on the Persian Gulf. Its import-export traffic in the country is second only to Jeddah's port.

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Visiting Indian MP calls for banning RSS - Arab News Tweet this news
Arab News---DAMMAM-: A member of India's ruling Congress party has called for banning a Hindu right-wing group whose members have been found ... - Date : Sun, 06 Feb 2011 19:55:44 GMT+00:00
Al-Mojil to offer vocational training - Arab News Tweet this news
Arab News---DAMMAM-: Mohammad Al-Mojil Group will offer vocational training and educational services in Saudi Arabia through a partnership ... - Date : Sat, 05 Feb 2011 21:46:27 GMT+00:00
Thousands of Saudis flown out of Egypt - Arab News Tweet this news
Arab News--Al-Olumi said that “the rescue flights carrying Saudi nationals were landing on five airports � Riyadh, Jeddah, -Dammam-, Madinah and Abha � on a ... - Date : Sun, 06 Feb 2011 20:23:06 GMT+00:00
Zamil Industrial welcomes Minister of Labor to Dammam facilities - AME Info Tweet this news
AME Info---...- and Vocational Training Corporation, Dr. Ali bin Nasser Al-Ghufais, paid a visit to Zamil Industrial facilities in -Dammam- on Wednesday, 19 January 2011. ... - Date : Tue, 25 Jan 2011 06:17:10 GMT+00:00
Heavy rains cause chaos in central, eastern regions - Arab News Tweet this news
Arab News--By MD RASOOLDEEN & SIRAJ WAHAB | ARAB NEWS RIYADH/-DAMMAM-: Continuous downpour from the early hours of the morning on Tuesday in the central and the eastern ... - Date : Tue, 18 Jan 2011 18:14:06 GMT+00:00
TNTJ organises blood donation camp in Dammam - TwoCircles.net Tweet this news
TwoCircles.net--By TCN News, -Dammam-: The -Dammam- chapter of Tamil Nadu Thowheed Jamath (TNTJ) organized blood donation camp at on Friday 14th Jan. at -Dammam- Central Hospital ... - Date : Sat, 15 Jan 2011 16:53:33 GMT+00:00
Egyptair operates 62 international and domestic flights today - AME Info Tweet this news
AME Info--Khartoum, Tripoli, Amman, Beirut, Damascus, Abu Dhabi, Doha, Dubai, Kuwait, -Dammam-, Jeddah, Riyadh, Sanaa, Sharjah and Benghazi. Amsterdam, Brussels, Athens ... - Date : Sat, 05 Feb 2011 10:58:09 GMT+00:00
Dammam residents continue to complain of 'never-ending' construction work - Saudi Gazette Tweet this news
Saudi Gazette---DAMMAM-: Residents and motorists are complaining that there seems to be never-ending construction and excavation of roads taking place in -Dammam- city, ... - Date : Mon, 31 Jan 2011 02:45:16 GMT+00:00
Huge fire hits Dammam market - Arab News Tweet this news
Arab News--Smoke billows from a two-story building in -Dammam's- popular Seiko Market that caught fire on Friday. The building housed a number of leather, ... - Date : Sat, 29 Jan 2011 04:49:25 GMT+00:00
SR1.6b medical city for Dammam - Biomed Middle East Tweet this news
Biomed Middle East--The construction of a SR1.6 billion specialist medical city on a plot of land donated by Saudi Aramco on Abu Hadriah Road in the Eastern Province has been ... - Date : Fri, 04 Feb 2011 07:49:18 GMT+00:00

Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
height="16;"Record high °C (°F) 33 (91) 35 (95) 38 (100) 40 (104) 42 (108) 47 (117) 42 (108) 42 (108) 42 (108) 41 (106) 41 (106) 34 (93)
height="16;"Average high °C (°F) 20 (70) 22 (74) 26 (80) 33 (91) 35 (95) 36 (97) 37 (99) 37 (99) 36 (97) 35 (95) 33 (91) 21 (71) 33 (91)
height="16;"Average low °C (°F) 10 (50) 12 (53) 15 (60) 21 (70) 23 (73) 24 (75) 26 (79) 27 (81) 25 (77) 23 (73) 22 (72) 11 (53) 22 (72)
height="16;"Record low °C (°F) 3 (37) 11 (52) 13 (55) 12 (54) 13 (55) 19 (66) 21 (70) 23 (73) 21 (70) 20 (68) 17 (63) 10 (50)
height="16;"Rainfall mm (in) 5 (0.2) 6 (0.3) 1 (0.1) 1 (0.1) 5 (0.5) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 25 (1.0) 31 (1.2) 67 (2.6)

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