Khobar
Sign in to saveAl Khobar () is a city and governorate in the Eastern Province of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, situated on the coast of the Persian Gulf. With a population of 409,549 in the city core and 658,550 in the governorate, as of 2022, Khobar forms part of the Dammam metropolitan area along with Dammam and Dhahran, making up the residential core of Saudi Arabia's Persian Gulf region.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Al Khobar
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.native_name
- الخبر
- Settlement.image_size
- 280
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Saudi Arabia
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Eastern Province
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Al Khobar Governorate
- Settlement.governing_body
- Municipality of the Al Khobar Governorate
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor of the Governorate
- Settlement.leader_name
- 'Issam ibn 'Abdullatif al-Mulla
- Settlement.leader_title1
- Doha
- Settlement.leader_name1
- Saud bin Nayef
- Settlement.timezone
- AST
- Settlement.established_title
- First settled
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Al Khobar () is a city and governorate in the Eastern Province of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, situated on the coast of the Persian Gulf. With a population of 409,549 in the city core and 658,550 in the governorate, as of 2022, Khobar forms part of the Dammam metropolitan area along with Dammam and Dhahran, making up the residential core of Saudi Arabia's Persian Gulf region.
The city was founded alongside Dammam by the Dawasir, who moved there in 1923 fearing British persecution with the permission of King Abdulaziz Al Saud. Khobar experienced rapid growth during and after the discovery of oil in Saudi Arabia as it served as the port for the oil exports of Saudi Aramco in the company's early days. Traditionally, Khobar has also been a city of shopkeepers and merchants, and today has several shopping malls in and around it.