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The great commercial and trading connections between
Mesopotamia and Dilmun were strong and profound to the point where Dilmun was a central figure to the Sumerian creation myth. Dilmun was described in the saga of Enki and Ninhursag as pre-existing in paradisiacal state, where predators don't kill,
582:. Founded in the late 4th millennium BC and lasting until approximately 538 BC it is regarded as one of the oldest civilizations in the world. Dilmun was an important and prosperous trading centre for millennia with well-developed and long-standing trading, commercial and cultural ties with nearby
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tribe. They were involved in several internal disputes, causing the emirate to become unstable and eventually leading to the rise of the
Bedouin Usfurids. The Usfurids saw a short period of stability. After overthrowing their former allies, the Uyunids, they had an uneasy relationship with the
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Dilmun's commercial power began to decline between 1000 BC and 800 BC because piracy flourished in the
Persian Gulf. The most recent reference to Dilmun came during the Neo-Babylonian Empire. Neo-Babylonian administrative records, dated 567 BC, stated that Dilmun was controlled by the king of
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provinces. In 2017, the population was 4,900,325. Of these, 3,140,362 were Saudi citizens and 1,759,963 were foreign nationals The province accounts for 15.05% of the entire population of Saudi Arabia and is named for its geographical location relative to the rest of the kingdom.
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The Dilmun civilization was the centre of commercial activities linking traditional agriculture of the land—then utterly fertile due to artesian wells that have dried since, and due to a much wetter climate—with maritime trade between diverse regions such as the
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being the most common form of disability and 42,052 persons suffering from some form of visual impairment. 58,000 persons reported severe or extreme disability. 285,754 Saudi residents above the age of 15 reported that they were regularly
846:, Qatif. The region was ruled by the Qaramatians until 976 AD, when after losing to the Abbasids, they were reduced to the status of a local power. After Bahrain and Qatif seceded from Qarmatian rule around 1058 AD, they retreated to the
1987:. The lines in the Eastern Province, two lines, one passenger, which runs from Dammam to Riyadh via Abqaiq an Hofuf, and the other freight, which runs directly from Dammam to Riyadh, are managed by the Saudi Railways Organization (SRO).
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in Jeddah. It is also the largest port in the
Persian Gulf. The port is equipped with 9 ports with 214 platforms. The port receives more than 15,000 ships carrying more than 13 million containers or 532 million tons of cargo annually.
1353:, the Eastern Province had a population of 4,900,325 as of December 2017, of which 3,140,362 were Saudis and 1,759,963 were foreign nationals. The Eastern Province is the third most populous province in Saudi Arabia, after
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The
Eastern Province's capital city of Dammam has special status. Like the other 12 regional capitals, Dammam is not included within any governorate but is instead simply known as the City of Dammam, in Arabic, the word
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Persian rulers of Hormuz, who took control of the former Uyunid cities of Qatif and
Bahrain around 1320 AD. This eventually led to the fall of the Usfurids. The region was mostly overlooked until the 1500s, when the
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In the early 1990s, during the First Gulf war, Iraqi troops crossed the
Kuwaiti-Saudi border and seized the town of Khafji. The US and Saudi Arabian armies were able to kick them out. This was known as the
1361:. With an estimated population of 1,225,000 as of 2019, Dammam is the most populous city in the province and the sixth most populous city in the country. The governorate with the largest population is the
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Saudi Arabia's largest agricultural product, dates, also forms a large part of the province's economy. Every year thousands of tonnes of dates are harvested from the date palms in the giant oasis of
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The economy of the
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is largely dependent on oil. As such, the Eastern Province, being the province with most of Saudi Arabia's oil reserves enjoys a high economic position.
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for Saudis was 109 males per 100 females and 150 males per 100 females for non-Saudis, yielding a common sex ratio of 151 males per 100 females. 1% of children in the province were orphans.
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ever as of
December 2019, the next day, on December 12, 2019, the company reached a market cap of $ 2 trillion, becoming the first and only company in the world to break the record.
1926:. Highways 605, 610, 613, 614, 615, 617 and 619, known locally by other popular names, connect the Greater Dammam area to Ra's Tanura, Jubail, the King Fahd International Airport,
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to 800 BC. At the height of its power, Dilmun controlled the
Persian Gulf trading routes. Dilmun was very prosperous during the first 300 years of the second millennium.
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pain and diseases are absent, and people do not get old. Likewise the Sumerian tale of the garden paradise of Dilmun may have been an inspiration for the
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The Eastern Province encompasses the entire east coast of Saudi Arabia and acts as a major platform for most of the kingdom's oil production and exports.
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field in the world. Petroleum is refined in various refineries spread across the kingdom and shipped to dozens of countries from port cities such as
551:, measuring 8,400 sq.km. (3,240 sq.mi.) is the largest oil field in the world, and accounts for roughly a third of the kingdom's oil production. The
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control. Most of the Eastern Province came under the Hasa region, and as such, the emirate has been under Saudi control since 1902. In 1923, the
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There are also many dialects spoken by Saudis who have immigrated from elsewhere, such as other Najdi dialects, South Arabian dialects, and
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The entire eastern coast of the kingdom lies in the Eastern Province. The region borders, from north to south, the countries of
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In fact, there is some reason to believe that the very idea of a paradise, a garden of the gods, originated with the Sumerians.
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desert, which comprises more than half of the governorate itself, is the largest governorate in Saudi Arabia in terms of area.
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of $ 1 trillion ($ 1,000,000,000,000) on December 11, 2019. After going public the same day in what is considered the largest
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shuttle services are also provided to residents of the kingdom by private contractors. Shuttle services also connect the
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was first found in the country in the Eastern Province, at the Prosperity Well site (formerly known as Dammam No.7). The
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Najdi-type dialects spoken among settled bedouin tribes. This includes Central Najdi dialects such as the dialects of
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took over around 1507 AD, but they too fell due to internal conflicts in or around the 1540s.
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735:. One of the earliest inscriptions mentioning Dilmun is that of king
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or Empty Quarter, comprises more than a third of the Eastern Province
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in Dammam was also in the works, but its current status is unknown.
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border in the north to the Ramlah border station on the
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constitute a large minority, concentrated especially in
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around 300 AD, with the coastal regions claimed by the
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1720:. It became the fifth company in the world to reach a
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is largely accepted to be the founder of present-day
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Babylon. The name of Dilmun fell from use after the
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and proximity to the other countries of the eastern
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2981:mod1111222@, محمد العبدالله (القطيف) (2019-06-23).
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2704:"Bahrain digs unveil one of oldest civilizations"
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720:. The Dilmun civilization is mentioned first in
472:. Other populous cities in the province include
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2591:General Authority for Statistics
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2476:Governorates of Eastern Province
1898:via the 25 km (15 mi)
1351:General Authority for Statistics
638:have become important sites for
208:
193:
178:
156:
140:
126:
110:
95:
78:
4238:General Intelligence Presidency
3496:
3457:
3428:
3402:
3322:
3310:
3265:
3240:
3222:"THE SPOKEN ARABIC OF AL-QAṬĪF"
3213:
3196:
3110:
3074:
2954:
2853:
2773:
2755:
1858:Highway 95 (Route 5M) connects
1817:King Fahd International Airport
1791:King Fahd International Airport
1616:Abdul Rahman bin Faisal Al Saud
920:
444:, is the easternmost of the 13
4929:Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia
3466:"Dammam metro plans announced"
3410:"SAPTCO - InterCity Transport"
3272:الحيدري, فيصل (20 June 2012).
3117:Al Bohnayyah, Moayyad (2019),
2746:
2695:
2670:
2646:
2622:
2597:
2551:
1842:, located on the coast of the
1825:Qaisumah-Hafr Al Batin Airport
32:Ash Sharqiyah (disambiguation)
13:
1:
4228:Chairman of the General Staff
3682:
3614:
3470:Railway Gazette International
2949:The New Encyclopedia of Islam
2545:
1970:Bahrain International Airport
1622:Saud bin Abdullah bin Jalawi
1344:
744:
470:Prince Saud bin Nayef Al Saud
3639:
3631:
3414:SAPTCO - InterCity Transport
3220:Prochazka, Theodore (1990).
3203:Alaodini, Hind (June 2019),
2860:Kramer, Samuel Noah (1963).
2826:Kramer, Samuel Noah (1961).
2702:Smith, Sylvia (2013-05-21).
1585:
1532:
1417:
601:
310: • Deputy Governor
7:
4470:Water supply and sanitation
4299:History of the oil industry
4166:Mutaween (religious police)
3464:2014-05-23T11:26:00+01:00.
3081:Battuta, Ibn (2017-08-08).
2780:Samuel Noah Kramer (1963).
2540:Shi'a Islam in Saudi Arabia
2520:Bahrain (historical region)
2497:
2463:
2460:
2457:
2435:
2432:
2429:
2407:
2404:
2401:
2379:
2376:
2373:
2353:
2350:
2347:
2325:
2322:
2319:
2297:
2294:
2291:
2269:
2266:
2263:
2241:
2238:
2235:
2213:
2210:
2207:
2183:
2180:
2177:
1981:Saudi Railways Organization
1376:
875:first war with the Safavids
566:The region was home to the
435:
10:
4950:
3306:, Human Rights Watch, 2004
2442:Qaryat Al Ulya Governorate
2001:
1821:Ahsa International Airport
1679:
1544:
1380:
676:
286:Qaryat al-Ulya Governorate
68:al-Mintaqah ash-Sharqiyyah
29:
4934:Provinces of Saudi Arabia
4906:
4810:
4754:
4698:
4691:Main Saudi Arabian cities
4614:
4572:
4478:
4379:
4370:
4264:
4255:
4188:
4109:
4091:National Security Council
4051:
4047:
4038:
3981:
3972:
3961:
3900:
3783:
3777:Provinces of Saudi Arabia
3551:
3187:Languages of Saudi Arabia
3140:Frawley, William (2003).
3102:Al-Ramis, Salman (2004).
3061:"Demographic Survey 2016"
2634:worldpopulationreview.com
2487:New Al Udayd Governorate,
2276:Hafr Al Batin Governorate
2014:provinces of Saudi Arabia
1560:
939:
927:
852:Abdullah bin Ali Al Uyuni
787:Muslim conquest of Persia
588:Indus Valley civilisation
446:provinces of Saudi Arabia
436:al-Mintaqah ash-Sharqīyah
409:
399:
382:
378:US$ 243.8 billion (2022)
374:
369:
361:
353:
345:
340:
332:
324:
319:
309:
299:
294:
262:Hafr al-Batin Governorate
233:
221:
201:
192:
174:
72:
67:
56:
46:
4336:Tadawul (stock exchange)
4331:Supreme Economic Council
4279:Capital Market Authority
4233:General Staff Presidency
4086:Mabahith (secret police)
1998:Administrative divisions
1966:Dammam metropolitan area
1880:Dammam metropolitan area
1870:border in the south via
1838:Built in the 1940s, the
1383:Religion in Saudi Arabia
905:, and later spread into
879:Emirate of Nejd and Hasa
462:Dammam metropolitan area
59:Emirate (administrative)
50:
4218:Strategic Missile Force
3573:Northern Borders Region
3565:Al Muthanna Governorate
2658:Hydrocarbons Technology
2535:Regions of Saudi Arabia
2360:Ra's Tanura Governorate
2004:Regions of Saudi Arabia
1840:King Abdulaziz Sea Port
838:in 930 AD and held the
274:Ra's Tanura Governorate
3705:Hadhramaut Governorate
3247:Ingham, Bruce (1994).
2967:Arabic-English Lexicon
2933:: CS1 maint: others (
2904:Atlas of world history
2763:Harriet E. W. Crawford
2490:
2479:
2028:, sing. منطقة إدارية;
1953:
1812:
1793:
1746:, the largest onshore
1739:
1697:
1629:King Abdulaziz Al Saud
811:
693:
615:
586:in particular and the
365:7.3/km (19/sq mi)
18:Ash Sharqīyah Province
4066:Consultative Assembly
3440:www.saudirailways.org
3209:, University of Essex
2947:Glassé, Cyril. 2008.
2752:Roads of Arabia p.180
2486:
2475:
2414:Na'iriyah Governorate
1985:Saudi Railway Company
1940:
1799:
1788:
1750:in the world and the
1734:
1722:market capitalization
1687:
1672:King Abdullah Al Saud
1445:variants, and others.
799:
684:
609:
440:), also known as the
393:Arabian Standard Time
314:Prince Ahmed bin Fahd
304:Prince Saud bin Nayef
300: • Governor
282:Na'iriyah Governorate
61:Province (geographic)
41:Place in Saudi Arabia
2121:List of governorates
1888:United Arab Emirates
698:fourth millennium BC
667:United Arab Emirates
498:United Arab Emirates
362: • Density
30:For other uses, see
4326:Saudi Central Bank
4134:Freedom of religion
3915:Early Islamic State
3106:. Al-hazen library.
3084:Ibn Battuta Journey
3026:www.macrotrends.net
2962:Edward William Lane
2512:Saudi Arabia portal
2131:
1852:Jeddah Islamic Port
1642:King Faisal Al Saud
1608:Abdullah bin Jalawi
1592:
1492:Saudi Sign Language
764:collapse of Babylon
250:Dhahran Governorate
4699:1,000,000 and more
4341:Telecommunications
4124:Capital punishment
4056:Allegiance Council
3935:Emirate of Diriyah
3920:Rashidun Caliphate
3910:Pre-Islamic Arabia
2654:"Ghawar Oil Field"
2491:
2480:
2448:محافظة قرية العليا
2386:Abqaiq Governorate
2332:Khafji Governorate
2304:Jubail Governorate
2220:Khobar Governorate
2129:
1990:A plan to build a
1954:
1943:King Fahd Causeway
1941:The 25 km (15 mi)
1900:King Fahd Causeway
1813:
1794:
1752:Safaniya oil field
1740:
1710:petroleum industry
1698:
1590:
1557:was not reported.
1486:is also spoken by
930:Population pyramid
885:, took the entire
812:
783:Rashidun Caliphate
694:
687:Rashidun Caliphate
616:
557:offshore oil field
553:Safaniya oil field
510:King Fahd Causeway
375: • Total
346: • Total
325: • Total
278:Abqaiq Governorate
270:Khafji Governorate
266:Jubail Governorate
254:Khobar Governorate
4916:
4915:
4650:
4649:
4610:
4609:
4438:Human trafficking
4366:
4365:
4251:
4250:
4184:
4183:
4076:Foreign relations
4034:
4033:
3930:Abbasid Caliphate
3925:Umayyad Caliphate
3856:
3855:
3743:
3742:
3738:
3737:
3654:Jariyan al Batnah
2879:978-0-226-45238-8
2839:978-0-8122-1047-7
2530:Al-arba' Mountain
2495:
2494:
2468:
2467:
2282:محافظة حفر الباطن
2248:Qatif Governorate
1677:
1676:
1657:King Fahd Al Saud
1649:Muhammad bin Fahd
1571:visual impairment
1342:
1341:
1338:
1337:
935:
889:from Ottoman and
887:Arabian Peninsula
816:Abbasid Caliphate
779:Arabian Peninsula
731:, in the city of
547:, located in the
419:
418:
354: • Rank
333: • Rank
258:Qatif Governorate
148:Al-Qarah Mountain
16:(Redirected from
4941:
4689:
4688:
4677:
4670:
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4653:
4630:
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4463:response to ISIL
4377:
4376:
4321:Riyal (currency)
4262:
4261:
4049:
4048:
4045:
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3991:Cities and towns
3979:
3978:
3967:
3945:Kingdom of Hejaz
3883:
3876:
3869:
3860:
3859:
3818:Eastern Province
3793:Northern Borders
3770:
3763:
3756:
3747:
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3719:
3718:
3703:
3702:
3685:
3684:
3667:
3666:
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3636:Eastern Province
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2366:محافظة رأس تنورة
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2311:
2284:
2283:
2256:
2255:
2228:
2227:
2200:
2199:
2170:
2169:
2162:Ahsa Governorate
2132:
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2124:
2107:Ahsa Governorate
2100:
2084:
2083:
2064:
2051:, sing. محافظة;
2046:
2026:manātiq idāriyya
2023:
1593:
1589:
1539:formal education
1499:Indian languages
1449:Baharna dialects
1387:Sunni traveler,
1367:dependency ratio
1363:Ahsa Governorate
941:
940:
933:
925:
924:
915:Battle of Khafji
749:
746:
644:Green Revolution
549:Ahsa Governorate
545:Ghawar oil field
518:Northern Borders
438:
432:
423:Eastern Province
246:Ahsa Governorate
214:
212:
211:
197:
182:
160:
144:
130:
114:
99:
82:
48:Eastern Province
44:
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21:
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4750:
4694:
4683:
4681:
4651:
4646:
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4606:
4568:
4530:Public holidays
4474:
4362:
4306:Foreign workers
4247:
4180:
4105:
4096:Nuclear program
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3968:
3959:
3940:Emirate of Nejd
3896:
3887:
3857:
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3731:Governorates ,
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2420:محافظة النعيرية
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2000:
1972:, northeast of
1806:Shaybah Airport
1783:
1726:public offering
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1480:Hejazi dialects
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