Abqaiq
Sign in to savethumb thumb|Map of Abqaiq Region Abqaiq () is a city in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, located in the desert 60 km southwest of the Dhahran-Dammam-Khobar metropolitan area, and north of the Rub' al-Khali, the second largest sand desert in the world also known as the "Empty Quarter".
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Abqaiq
- Settlement.native_name
- بقيق
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ar
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Abqaiq_at_Night,_Saudi_Arabia_in_the_1960s_06.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Abqaiq at night
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Saudi Arabia
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Saudi Arabia
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Eastern Province
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_title1
- Provincial Governor
- Settlement.leader_name1
- Saud bin Nayef Al Saud
- Settlement.established_title
- Established
- Settlement.established_date
- 1940
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
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thumb thumb|Map of Abqaiq Region Abqaiq () is a city in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, located in the desert 60 km southwest of the Dhahran-Dammam-Khobar metropolitan area, and north of the Rub' al-Khali, the second largest sand desert in the world also known as the "Empty Quarter".
Notably, it is home to a residential community for Saudi Aramco employees and their families. The Abqaiq Saudi Aramco residential community had a population of approximately 1,500 in 2012. Inclusion of the population outside the Saudi Aramco community brings this number closer to 45,000 (2022 census).