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Dammam

Dammam is a city on the Persian Gulf coast of Saudi Arabia and the capital of its Eastern Province. In 1938 the well Dammam No. 7, drilled by the American-owned company later known as Aramco, struck the first commercial oil in the kingdom. Together with Dhahran and Khobar, Dammam has grown into a large metropolitan area and port at the centre of the Saudi oil industry.

Dammam
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Saudi Arabia

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Dammam. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/dammam
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