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  Dhahran   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Dhahran lies at the southwestern end of a tip of land stretching out into the Persian Gulf, forming a large metropolitan and industrial area, with about 1.2 million inhabitants, together with Dammam, Khobar and Qatif.
Dhahran has excellent connections with other urban centres of Saudi Arabia by highways, and is also linked to Bahrain with a causeway.
Dhahran is a fenced off city, and is only inhabited by people working for or linked to the Saudi Aramco.
i-cias.com /e.o/dhahran.htm   (290 words)

  
 Welcome to Dhahran Ahliyya Schools   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Dhahran Ahliyya Schools (DAS) are fully licensed and accredited by the educational authorities of the government of Saudi Arabia as a not-for-profit, private, day school with a boys' section and a girls' section.
Dhahran Ahliyya Schools are located on a land area of 73.000 m2 at Doha Quarter, one of Dhahran's suburbs.
Dhahran Ahliyya Schools own and operate so many buses, which provide transport service to and from student's houses and cover a wide area of Dhahran, Dammam and Al khobar as well as its suburbs.
www.das.sch.sa /eng_home/eng_home.htm   (180 words)

  
 Dhahran
Dhahran lies at the southwestern end of a tip of land stretching out into the Persian Gulf, forming a large metropolitan and industrial area, with about 1.2 million inhabitants, together with Dammam, Khobar and Qatif.
Dhahran has excellent connections with other urban centres of Saudi Arabia by highways, and is also linked to Bahrain with a causeway.
Dhahran is a fenced off city, and is only inhabited by people working for or linked to the Saudi Aramco.
lexicorient.com /e.o/dhahran.htm   (290 words)

  
 Eagletown / Site 12 - Dhahran, Saudi Arabia- Satellite Imagery
The Dhahran Air Base includes the air terminal and facilities for commercial aviation serving the Eastern Province and the training and maintenance facilities for the Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF).
Personnel changes at Dhahran were permitted only twice yearly, in January and July, except for emergencies and these had to be approved by the King's representative.
Dhahran is located in the Eastern Province of the Kingdom on the Persian Gulf.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/facility/dhahran.htm   (1477 words)

  
 First Regional Symposium On Carbon Management - Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
Dhahran is a city in eastern Saudi Arabia and its oil capital.
Dhahran lies about 14 kilometers south of Dammam which is the administrative capital of the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia and the Kingdom’s major commercial port along the Arabian Gulf.
Dhahran is also home of the King Fahad University of Petroleum and Minerals, the “MIT of Saudi Arabia”;, a large US Consulate compound and a Royal Saudi Airbase.
www.co2management.org /dhahran_info.htm   (1302 words)

  
 Saudi Aramco World : Christmas In Dhahran   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Dhahran, the oil community in eastern Saudi Arabia where Aramco has its headquarters, pops up in the U.S. press from time to time as "a typical Southern California suburb, transplanted 8,500 miles east of New York." At Christmas time such exuberant comparisons are more than usually valid.
In Dhahran, and the nearby sea terminal of Ras Tanura, presentation of a Christmas pageant is a tradition going back to the late 1940's when the first American families arrived after World War II.
Last year's pageant in Dhahran was held beneath the stars at the local softball field and drew an audience of some 2,000 persons, most wrapped in blankets against the desert chill.
www.saudiaramcoworld.com /issue/197106/christmas.in.dhahran.htm   (390 words)

  
 Dhahran - The Saudi Arabia Information Resource
Dhahran, with Dammam and Al Khobar, forms the Dammam Area.
Dhahran was the site of the headquarters of what was Aramco (the Arabian American Oil Company).
Dhahran is served by one of the Kingdom's three international airports, a construction of outstanding architectural beauty which combines traditional Islamic design with the most modern building technology.
www.saudinf.com /main/a886.htm   (80 words)

  
 The Dhahran Home PageThe Dhahran Home Page
Dhahran is totally self contained with its own recreation facilities (pools, tennis courts, raquetball courts, weight rooms, golf course, arcade, movie theatre playing out of date movies, putt-putt golf, incredible SCUBA in the Red Sea, private beach, BMX track, youth center and tons of desert for motorcycle riding).
Dhahran is the size of a small to mid-sized town.
It is advised that you don't travel outside of Dhahran with women that you are not either married to or related to.
www.dhahranhomepage.com /visitors.htm   (1704 words)

  
 Station of the Week
Bahrain shows a long-term warming trend of about 1°C, but Dhahran shows a `U' shaped trend, warm in the mid-century period, cooler during the 1970s and then warming again during the 1980s and 1990s., with the warmest period in the 1950s.
Dhahran is warmer during the Spring and Summer, while Bahrain is warmer during the Fall and Winter.
From the season graphics it would appear the Dhahran is the area which is undergoing the major changes in temperature.
www.john-daly.com /stations/dhahran.htm   (835 words)

  
 Dhahran - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
In Dhahran are the headquarters of the Arabian American Oil Co. (ARAMCO), the office of the Saudi petroleum ministry, and the Univ. of Petroleum and Minerals.
During the Persian Gulf War the city's air base, the largest in Saudi Arabia, was used by coalition forces, and the area was subjected to Iraqi missile attacks.
Agfa, Mortsel, Belgium, has a contract with the Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, to install a picture archiving and communications system (PACS) seven of the company's clinical sites.
www.encyclopedia.com /doc.aspx?id=1E1:dhahran   (275 words)

  
 The Remarkable Transformation of the Dammam-Dhahran-Al-Khobar Triangle, Summer 1997, Volume 14, Number 3, Saudi Arabia
Before long, Dhahran, the corporate headquarters of Saudi Aramco, the largest oil company in the world, was spilling out into the desert in all directions.
The simultaneous growth of Dammam, Dhahran and Al-Khobar brought the three jurisdictions into physical contact, with the result that the triangle which connects the cities is now one large urban and industrial mass.
Dhahran is the location of the King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals.
www.saudiembassy.net /Publications/MagFall97/triangle.htm   (1754 words)

  
 USAF Base in Dhahran Bombed
Rescue efforts in Dhahran have reportedly continued into the night, with soldiers and airmen digging through the shattered buildings and piles of debris with their bare hands, hoping to find some sign of life amongst the devastation.
A group, called the "Islamic Movement for Change," who oppose all Western troops in the kingdom, has vowed in its public statements to "exert all available means to evict these foreign forces." The "movement" was one of three groups that claimed responsibility for the Nov.13th Riyadh bombing.
Clinton, visibly shaken and outraged by the "Disaster in Dhahran," said, "The cowards who committed this murderous act must not go unpunished." In order to do that, however, Saudi and American officials are now faced with the difficult task of identifying and locating the murderers who struck so violently in Saudi Arabia.
www.emergency.com /saudibm2.htm   (1046 words)

  
 Dhahran - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dhahran is a short distance west of downtown Khobar, and about 15 km south of Dammam, both older Saudi port cities on the Persian Gulf.
Within these compounds, residents may be required to wear the abaya (the fl cloak women in Saudi Arabia are required to wear) and live in restricted freedom side by side with Saudi nationals, and several compounds have pools and recreation areas that are shared by the residents.
Formerly one of Saudi Arabia's three major international airports, Dhahran Airport (DHA), which in 1946 began as a U.S. operated military facility, the Dhahran Airfield, is now an airbase of the Royal Saudi Air Force.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dhahran   (1295 words)

  
 Dhahran International Exhibition Co.,Dhahran Exhibition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Dhahran International Exhibition Co. has achieved its goal over the two (2) decades in providing its exhibitors a unique open gate in specialized trade show business throughout the GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) and the Far East Countries.
Buildex Saudi Arabia, is the rapid growth of the business economies of the Middle East and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in particular over the past decade have seen a corresponding boom in the building and construction, power generation and transmission industries.
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has been the magnetic for foreign investments during the last three decades, for many reasons such as the unique location, petrol and mineral fortunes, the open economic policy and the large local market, in addition to the privatization and incentive plans issued by the government.
www.biztradeshows.com /organizers/dhahran-exhibition.html   (384 words)

  
 International House, Dhahran - Learn to speak English with native speakers from Britain, Australia and South Africa.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
IH Dhahran is your door to the new world of English language teaching with better courses that reflect your needs and much more solid, practical results.
IH Dhahran is a leading provider of Pre technical English courses and ESP programs which include English for a wide range of professions from secretaries, security guards, hotel and catering and the travel industry to name but a few.
IH Dhahran is conveniently located within the Institute of Industrial Management and Information Technology –; a spacious and pleasant private college in Dhahran.
www.ihworld.com /ihdhahran/about.htm   (454 words)

  
 Dhahran - Wikitravel
Dhahran completes the triangle of the Dammam area, and is accesible from both dammam and nearby alkhobar by 6-8 lane expressways.
Dhahran airport(DHA) was attached to the town, but now the new complex is about 65 km away, dammam (DMM).
Dhahran itself lies on the Dhahran hofuf highway.
wikitravel.org /en/Dhahran   (198 words)

  
 Dhahran Ahliyya Schools - Profile   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Dhahran Ahliyya Schools (DAS) aim to prepare girls and boys to be thinking, caring individuals who will contribute to the development of their societies and thrive on the challenges of the changing world.
Dhahran Ahliyya Schools are a professional learning community that is committed to the continuous learning of all members, including students, faculty, staff and others who participate in its development.
The Schools are fully licensed and accredited by the educational authorities of the government of Saudi Arabia as a not-for-profit, private, day school with separate sections for boys and girls.
www.das.sch.sa /eng_home/eng_profile.htm   (1094 words)

  
 Aramco ExPats - Dammam Dome to Get 3-D Seismic
The dome is, in effect, an underground hill buried deep beneath Dhahran.
Acquiring a 3-D seismic survey over Dhahran and parts of the surrounding area is integral to the development plan.
Dhahran residents will see 3-D seismic workers in action as they lay out their receiver cables and record waves reflected to the surface.
www.aramcoexpats.com /Pipeline/Saudi-Aramco-News/Dhahran-Media/ContentID/2447/Content.aspx   (737 words)

  
 Dhahran: the Syrian connection
This is one of the central conclusions that has been reached by two inquiries into the bombing conducted by American and Saudi officials, details of which have been acquired by The Telegraph.
An apartment block housing US servicemen based at the Saudi port of Dhahran, on the Gulf coast, was blown up when a truck bomb parked close by exploded on June 25 last year.
It is one reason why details of the lengthy inquiry by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, which sent a team of specialists to Dhahran, have not been made public.
www.aci.net /kalliste/syriabmb.htm   (1128 words)

  
 Saudi Aramcon | First Student | Aramco School | aramcoexpats.com
Furman, the second generation, was in Dhahran in February visiting his daughter, Theresa Grutzius, and her family: husband Donald, and children Bradley, an eighth-grader, and Madalyn, a fifth-grader.
Stephen Thomas Furman in front of Dhahran School with daughter, Theresa Grutzius; her husband, Donald; and their children, Bradley, and Madalyn.
There were no expatriate children his age in the Dhahran camp at the time, so he played in the construction sites.
www.aramcoexpats.com /Pipeline/Saudi-Aramco-News/Dhahran-Media/ContentID/2693/Content.aspx   (674 words)

  
 US Air Force Air Sea Rescue in Saudi Arabia 1950-1951
Today, Dhahran is quite a modern Arabian center with a first class airfield, but in 1950-1951 it was a small, almost Beau Gueste outpost, with Quonset huts and tents, a few stone buildings and a couple of runways instead of a legionnaire fortress.
We discovered while flying between Greenland and Iceland on our trip back to Dhahran that a very small amount of moisture could keep this switch open and that when the props were in a low blade angle during cruise, the propeller could slip into reverse without any action by the pilot.
SA-16A 49-075 on the apron at Dhahran, 1950.
www.zianet.com /tmorris/dhahran.html   (4321 words)

  
 Dhahran Geoscience Society / About Us   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The purpose of the society is to help provide for the technical and professional development of its members in geology, geophysics, and related sciences, especially in the exploration for, and development of, petroleum and mineral resources within the Arabian Peninsula.
Membership of the Dhahran Geoscience Society is open to all Eastern Province geoscientists.
The Dhahran Geoscience Society is an affiliated society of AAPG and SEG.
www.dgsonline.org /about   (144 words)

  
 HDShirts.com - Dhahran Three Cheers short sleeve
Dhahran is a city in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which is the largest country on the Arabian Peninsula.
It borders Jordan on the northwest, Iraq on the north and northeast, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates on the east, Oman on the southeast, and Yemen on the south, with the Persian Gulf to its northeast and the Red Sea to its west.
Vital to this effort is the availability of accurate and timely information about relevant issues, ranging from the nation's efforts in the global War on Terrorism, to its relationship to the international community, to its internal structure.
hdshirts.com /shop/catalog/dhahran-three-cheers-short-sleeve-p-135;.html   (376 words)

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