Bordering the Arabian gulf and containing the towns of Dhahran, Al-Khobar, Dammam, Hofuf and Jubail, the eastern province is where oil was first discovered in Saudi Arabia in the 1930s. Before the discovery of oil, Dammam and Al-Khobar were tiny fishing and pear ling villages, there was no Dhahran at all.
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Dahran is the town that Aramco built, the city consists of the ARAMCO (Arabian American Company) compound, the airport, the US Consulate and the King Fahad University of Petroleum and Minerals.
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 Dhahran Wildlife Haven:  A man-made oasis environment which now supports a remarkable range of fauna and flora. A closer look at this wildlife haven illustrates some ecological successes of recent decades, highlighted by the first successful breeding of Great Crested Grebes within Arabia.
   Remarkable greening of the residential community has dramatically enhanced the area's potential for migrant, wintering and even breeding birds. Irrigation and planting of exotic trees and shrubs has transformed the community area into a superb parkland habitat attractive to many birds. Copied from an Arabic magazine.

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Dammam is the administrative center of the province and one end of the Dammam-Riyadh railway.
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Note: At the middle of the causeway (bridge) is an island that is used as the customs inspections point for Saudi. In the large bathroom at the rest stop is a sign from the Saudi customs authority stating, anything left in this bathroom will not be questioned but a person will be charged for anything contraband that is found in their possession during inspection!

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Recreation area in Dammam  www.saudiembassy.net/publications/Magazine-Spring-01/Economy.htm

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Al-Hasa lies in the south of the Kingdom's Eastern region and is bounded by the Al-Dahna and the Al-Daman deserts.    The Al-Hasa oasis is the largest oasis in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the municipality of Al-Hasa constitutes the largest administrative area in the Kingdom.    It enjoys the benefit of copious reserves of underground water which has allowed the area to develop its agricultural potential. http://www.saudia-online.com/travel/Major%20Cities%20of%20the%20Kingdom_files/alhasa.htm

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