Dhahran

Dhahran is a city located in the , . With a total population of 143,936 as of 2022, it is a major administrative center for the Saudi oil industry.
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  • Type: City with 121,000 residents
  • Description: city in Saudi Arabia
  • Also known as: Az̧ Z̧ahrān”, “Dahahron”, and “Dhahram

Places of Interest

Highlights include Dammam 7 (Propsperity Well).

Monument
Dammam No. 7, also known as "Prosperity Well", is an oil well located in , , notable for being the site where commercial quantities of oil were first discovered in the country on March 4, 1938.

Dhahran

Latitude
26.2967° or 26° 17′ 48″ north
Longitude
50.1202° or 50° 7′ 13″ east
Population
121,000
Elevation
44 metres (144 feet)
IATA airport code
DHA
United Nations Location Code
SA DHA
Open location code
7HRG74WC+M3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 447805356
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
107797
Wiki­data ID
Q268915
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“Dhahran” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: Dhahran
  • Arabic: الظهران (مدينة)
  • Arabic: الظهران (مدينه)
  • Arabic: الظهران
  • Arabic: ظهران
  • Arabic: مدينة الظهران
  • Armenian: Զահրան
  • Basque: Dahran
  • Basque: Dhahran
  • Belarusian: Дахран
  • Bengali: দাহরান
  • Bulgarian: Дахран
  • Catalan: Dhahran
  • Cebuano: Dhahran
  • Chechen: ЗахӀран
  • Chinese: 宰赫兰
  • Chinese: 扎哈蘭
  • Chinese: 達蘭
  • Croatian: Dahran
  • Czech: Dahrán
  • Danish: Dhahran
  • Dutch: Dhahraan
  • Dutch: Dhahran
  • Dutch: Dharaan
  • Dutch: Dharan
  • Egyptian Arabic: الظهران
  • Esperanto: Dahran
  • Finnish: Dhahran
  • French: Az Zahran
  • French: Dhahran
  • Georgian: დაჰრანი
  • German: Dhahran
  • Greek: Νταχράν
  • Hebrew: דהראן
  • Hindi: डाहरान
  • Hungarian: Dhahran
  • Indonesian: Dhahran
  • Irish: Dhahran
  • Italian: Dhahran
  • Japanese: ダーラン
  • Korean: 다란
  • Kurdish: Zehran
  • Lithuanian: Dahranas
  • Luxembourgish: Dhahran
  • Malay: Dhahran
  • Malayalam: ദഹ്റാൻ
  • Mazanderani: ظهران
  • Mingrelian: დაჰრანი
  • Nepali: दहरान
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Dhahran
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Dhahran
  • Norwegian: Dhahran
  • Persian: ظهران
  • Polish: Az-Zahran
  • Polish: Dhahran
  • Portuguese: Darã
  • Portuguese: Dhahran
  • Russian: Дахран
  • Scots: Dhahran
  • Slovak: Dahrán
  • Spanish: Dhahran
  • Sundanese: Zhahran
  • Swedish: al-Zahran
  • Swedish: az-Zahran
  • Swedish: Dhahran
  • Swedish: Zahran
  • Tagalog: Dhahran
  • Turkish: Zahran
  • Ukrainian: Дахран
  • Urdu: ظہران
  • Uzbek: Dahron
  • Venetian: Dhahran
  • Vietnamese: Dhahran
  • Yue Chinese: 扎哈蘭

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