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Al-Awamia, also spelled Al-Awamiyah, ( '''') is a town in the Qatif Governorate, located in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia.

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Place details

Locality
العوامية
Region
المنطقة الشرقية
Country
السعودية
Population
26,276
Timezone
Asia/Riyadh

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Key facts

Settlement.official_name
Al-Awamia
Settlement.native_name
العوامية
Settlement.native_name_lang
ar
Settlement.image_skyline
ISS006-E-15343 - View of Saudi Arabia.jpg
Settlement.pushpin_map
Saudi Arabia#Persian Gulf
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
280
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Eastern Province
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Governorate
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Qatif Governorate
Settlement.population_est
26,276
Settlement.pop_est_as_of
2022
Settlement.timezone
SAST
Settlement.utc_offset
+03:00

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human settlement
Official name
العوامية
Population
2056
Time zone
UTC+03:00
Image
ISS006-E-15344 - View of Saudi Arabia.jpg
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native label
العوامية
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Encyclopedic overview

13 sections
Contents
  • Geography
  • History
  • 2017 Siege
  • Economy
  • Agriculture
  • Oil
  • Transportation
  • Airport
  • Highway
  • Religion
  • Famous people from al-Awamiyah
  • References
  • External links

Al-Awamia, also spelled Al-Awamiyah, ( '''') is a town in the Qatif Governorate, located in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia.

==Geography== Al-Awamia is an ancient town overlooking the Persian Gulf, located at the northern end of the Qatif oasis in Saudi Arabia. It lies within the Qatif Governorate, approximately 2.1 kilometers south of Safwa City and about 1 kilometer north of Al-Qudaih. The town used to features a mangrove area.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Al-Awamiyah” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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