Al Khobar City

 

 Located  at Dammam coastal strip  to the East of Dammam city , bordered from the North by Arab Gulf , Thuqbah and Dhahran from the South ,  – Dammam  from the East and  Arabin Gulf from the West

 Population :  372.866 person as per 1415 H  census.

 

 Historical View 
The name may be derived from the term ( ALKHUBRAH ) which is the plural of KHUBOUR , Al Khobar is the place where  flood and rain water collected , live stated to grow  in Al Khobar after the petrol exploration gradually followed by urban live instead of the huts build from palm tree leaves and calcified  walls gathered from the sea called ( Froush ) , till the city enlarged , so this name gradually forgotten and totally disappeared, as  it is near Bahrain so there is a commercial  ship harbor, through which traders and travelers pass to during departure and arrival to the Kingdom , and goods imported through this harbor .