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).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Abqaiq” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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