It also operates a 556 km cargo line starting at King Abdul Aziz Sea Port in Dammam and ending in a dry port in Riyadh, passing by Hofuf, Abqaiq, Al-Kharj, Haradh and Al-Tawdhihiyah.
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American chains such as Pizza Hut, McDonald's, Burger King, Domino's Pizza and KFC, among others are widely distributed in Dammam, as are more upscale chains like Chili's, Applebee's and TGI Friday's.
The first branch opened in Prince al Mansour Street in Dammam in the 1980s, and later expanded to Khobar and eventually Jeddah.
Coverage focused on major areas in the biggest 3 cities Riyadh, Dammam and Jeddah, other areas & cities covered with 3G & GPRS.
Internationally, it participated in the renewal of the railway line between Riyadh and Dammam in Saudi Arabia.
The faculties of agriculture, veterinary medicine and animal resources for King Faisal University are located in the city (the others being in Dammam).
King Fahd International Airport, abbreviated to KFIA, an airport in Dammam, Saudi Arabia
MODON has set up 29 industrial cities and oversees the organization of these cities spread over various regions of the Kingdom on a total area of approximately 150 million square meters in Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam, Makkah, Qassim, Al-Ahsa, Madinah, Assir, Sakakah, Tabuk, Ha'il, Najran, Sudair, Shaqraa and Al-Taif.
In other cities such as Dammam and Abha, women are not required to wear it by law but it remains de facto obligatory.
Prominent members of the tribe include Khalaf ibn Hathal, a poet who rose to prominence during the First Gulf War, Juhayman Al-'Utaybi, the militant who led the 1979 seizure of the Sacred Mosque in Mecca (see Grand Mosque Seizure), and Dhaifallah Al-Rogy Al-'Utaybi, mayor of Dammam and a former executive in the Saudi national oil company, Aramco, and Mutlaq Hamid Al-Otaibi a prominent Saudi Arabian poet.
Lacking a hotel room, he had slept two nights in the back of his rented Chevrolet near the port of Dammam.