Dammam

E27375

city populated place

Dammam is a major Saudi Arabian city and commercial hub on the eastern coast, serving as a key center for the country’s oil industry and maritime trade.

Aliases (1)

Dammam metropolitan area ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city → populated place →
belongsTo	Middle East →
climate	hot desert climate →
connectedBy	highways to Bahrain via King Fahd Causeway → highways to Riyadh →
continent	Asia →
country	Saudi Arabia →
currency	Saudi riyal →
governingCountryCapital	Riyadh →
hasAirport	King Fahd International Airport →
hasCoastlineOn	Persian Gulf →
hasFunction	administrative center of Eastern Province → regional financial and services center → regional transportation hub →
hasIndustry	construction → logistics → oil and gas → petrochemicals → retail trade →
hasPort	King Abdulaziz Port →
hasSeaAccessTo	Persian Gulf shipping lanes →
languageSpoken	Arabic → English →
locatedIn	Eastern Province → Eastern Region of Saudi Arabia → Gulf Cooperation Council region →
locatedNear	Dhahran → Khobar →
locatedOn	Arabian Gulf → Persian Gulf →
nearbyOilCompanyHeadquarters	Saudi Aramco in Dhahran →
officialLanguage	Arabic →
officialReligion	Islam →
partOf	Arabian Peninsula → Dammam metropolitan area →
regionCode	SA-04 →
role	capital of Eastern Province → key center for Saudi oil industry → major center for maritime trade → major commercial hub →
timeZone	Arabia Standard Time →
transportHubFor	Eastern Province →
urbanType	coastal city → industrial city → port city →
usesDrivingSide	right →
utcOffset	+03:00 →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Eastern Province →	capital
Eastern Province →	containsCity
Persian Gulf states →	hasKeyPortCity
Persian Gulf →	hasMajorPort
Eastern Province →	largestCity
Saudi Arabia →	majorCity
Dammam ("Dammam metropolitan area") →	partOf
Saudia →	secondaryHubCity