Eastern Province
The Eastern Province is the largest province in Saudi Arabia, covering the entire Gulf coast of the country as well as the Saudi parts of the vast Empty Quarter.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Dammam and Dhahran.
Dammam
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Dammam is the largest city in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, and the 3rd largest city in the kingdom after Riyadh and Jeddah.
Dhahran
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Dhahran is a city located in the Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia. With a total population of 143,936 as of 2022, it is a major administrative center for the Saudi oil industry.
Qatif
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Qatif is a city in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. It is an ancient city, more than 3,000 years old. It was the first home for ancient Phoenicians, some of whom emigrated to the Eastern Mediterranean.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Jubail and Hofuf.
Jubail
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Jubail is a mainly industrial city of 685,000 inhabitants in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, on the Persian Gulf coast.
Hofuf
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Hofuf is a city in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. The city is located within the oasis of al-Ahsa, and the names are often used interchangeably. In 2018 this oasis was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
Khobar
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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.
Eastern Province
- Type: State with 4,900,000 residents
- Description: province of Saudi Arabia
- Also known as: “Al Ahsa”, “Al Hasa”, “Al Mintaqah ash Sharqiyah”, “Ash Sharqīyah”, “Eastern”, “Eastern District”, “Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia”, “Eastern Region”, “El Ha’sa”, and “Hasa”
- Neighbors: Abu Dhabi
- Categories: province of Saudi Arabia and locality
- Location: Saudi Arabia, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude of center
22.8666° or 22° 51′ 60″ northLongitude of center
50.1416° or 50° 8′ 30″ eastPopulation
4,900,000Elevation
209 metres (686 feet)OpenStreetMap ID
node 2671914039OpenStreetMap feature
place=state
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Eastern Province” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الشرقية”
- Arabic: “المقاطعة الشرقية”
- Arabic: “المنطقة الشرقية”
- Armenian: “Արևելյան նահանգ”
- Balinese: “Syarqiyah, Arab Saudi”
- Belarusian: “Эш-Шаркія”
- Bengali: “ইস্টার্ন প্রদেশ”
- Bengali: “পূর্ব প্রদেশ”
- Catalan: “Província de l’Est”
- Catalan: “Província Oriental”
- Catalan: “Regió Oriental”
- Cebuano: “Al Minţaqah ash Sharqīyah”
- Chinese: “Tang-pō͘ Tōa-khu”
- Chinese: “东部省”
- Chinese: “东部诸省”
- Croatian: “Istočna pokrajina”
- Czech: “Východní provincie”
- Danish: “Eastern Province”
- Dutch: “Ash Sharqiyah”
- Egyptian Arabic: “المنطقه الشرقيه”
- Esperanto: “Emirlando Ŝarkija”
- Esperanto: “Orienta Provinco”
- Esperanto: “Regiono Ŝarkija”
- Estonian: “Ash-Sharqīyah’ provints”
- Estonian: “Ash-Sharqīyah”
- Finnish: “Al-Šarqiyya”
- Finnish: “Ash-Sharoqiyah”
- French: “Ach-Charqiya”
- Georgian: “ეშ-შარკია”
- German: “Ash Sharqiyah”
- German: “Provinz asch-Scharqiyya”
- Greek: “Ανατολική επαρχία”
- Gujarati: “પૂર્વીય પ્રાંત”
- Hebrew: “מחוז א-שרקייה”
- Hindi: “पूर्वी प्रांत”
- Hindi: “पूर्वी प्रान्त, सउदी अरब”
- Hindi: “पूर्वी प्रान्त”
- Hungarian: “Keleti tartomány”
- Indonesian: “Syarqiyah, Arab Saudi”
- Indonesian: “Syarqiyah”
- Italian: “Al-Sharqiyya”
- Italian: “Provincia di al-Sharqiyya”
- Japanese: “東部州”
- Kannada: “ಪೂರ್ವ ಪ್ರಾಂತ್ಯ”
- Korean: “동부주”
- Latvian: “Austrumu province”
- Lithuanian: “Rytų provincija”
- Lithuanian: “Rytų Provincija”
- Malay: “Ash Syarqiyah”
- Malayalam: “കിഴക്കൻ പ്രവിശ്യ”
- Marathi: “पूर्व प्रांत”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Tang-pō͘ Séng”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ash Sharqiyah”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Austprovinsen i Saudi-Arabia”
- Norwegian: “Ash Sharqiyah”
- Ossetian: “Скæсæн провинци (Сауды Арабб)”
- Ossetian: “Скæсæн провинци”
- Persian: “استان شرقی (عربستان سعودی)”
- Persian: “استان شرقی”
- Polish: “Prowincja Wschodnia”
- Portuguese: “Ash Sharqiyah”
- Portuguese: “Oriental”
- Romanian: “Ash Sharqiyah”
- Russian: “Аш-Шаркия”
- Russian: “Восточная провинция”
- Russian: “Восточный административный район”
- Russian: “Эш-Шаркийя”
- Scots: “Eastren Province, Saudi Arabie”
- Scots: “Eastren Province”
- Serbian: “Источна провинција”
- Sindhi: “الشرقي صوبو”
- Sinhala: “නැගෙනහිර පළාත”
- Slovenian: “Vzhodna provinca”
- South Azerbaijani: “دوغو اوستان”
- Spanish: “Provincia Oriental”
- Sundanese: “Propinsi Asy-Syarqiyah”
- Swedish: “ash-Sharqiyah”
- Swedish: “Ash-Sharqiyya, Saudiarabien”
- Swedish: “ash-Sharqiyya”
- Swedish: “Mintaqa ash-Sharqiyya”
- Swedish: “Östra provinsen”
- Tajik: “устони Шарқӣ”
- Tamil: “கிழக்கு மாகாணம்”
- Telugu: “తూర్పు ప్రావిన్స్”
- Telugu: “తూర్పు రాష్ట్రభాగం”
- Thai: “สยาริอาห์, ซาอุดีอาระเบีย”
- Thai: “สยาริอาห์”
- Turkish: “Doğu Bölgesi”
- Uighur: “شەرقىيە ئۆلكىسى”
- Ukrainian: “Еш-Шаркія”
- Urdu: “الشرقيہ علاقہ”
- Uzbek: “Sharqiy viloyati, Saudi Arabistoni”
- Uzbek: “Sharqiy viloyati”
- Venetian: “Oriental (Arabia Saudìa)”
- Venetian: “Oriental”
- Vietnamese: “Tỉnh Đông, Ả Rập Xê Út”
- Vietnamese: “Tỉnh Miền Đông”
- Volapük: “Jarkiän”
- Waray (Philippines): “Sinirangan nga Lalawigan, Arabya Saudi”
- Waray (Philippines): “Sinirangan nga Lalawigan”
- Western Panjabi: “الشرقيہ علاقہ”
- Wu Chinese: “东部省 (沙特阿拉伯)”
- Wu Chinese: “东部省（沙特阿拉伯）”
- Wu Chinese: “东部省”
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