Ashura’s vacation was, and we decided at the time at noon the trend to one of the news resorts, since the social media is filled with many suggestions about resorts and marine tourism in the eastern region in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, but it seems that “Google Map” wanted on that day to take us against our will and by chance to discover an ancient historical area that was able to get to know it had it not been for the maze that he did to reach the city “Abqaiq”.
When we gathered the name for the first time, I was surprised because I did not understand what the meaning of “Abqaiq”, then I discovered that my sense is somewhat correct as the stories and accounts differed about the name, and among the accounts sources said that it has a “Baqah” area and has a source of famous water and a minute that was derived from the age of this city about half a century, and is surrounded The limited, a major qualitative shift has moved as it was planned typical and modern and distributed ready -made homes to its citizens.
What tightened our attention to the history of this ancient region rooted in the history of Eastern in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, where this region is considered one of the most important global centers for oil production and one of the most important pillars of the Saudi oil economy after a field was discovered in 1940, which is considered one of the largest oil fields in the world, in which 7 million barrels of oil in the world are refined, as it follows the oil facilities affiliated with Aramco, and is located in Abqaiq as well The huge that was established in 1933 specializing in oil manufacturing, which turned into the largest oil processing facilities in Saudi Arabia and the largest oil concentration laboratory in the world, so it is called the city of goodness, and despite the small area of this sandy sandy city that is surrounded by a belt of soft golden sand from all directions where it is only 320 square kilometers, it has great global attention as it is the most important pillars of oil production in the world.
Historically, it is one of the important Saudi cities, which is considered the administrative capital of Abqaiq Governorate, which is affiliated with the eastern region, and is located between Dammam and Hofuf, and is only 27 kilometers from the Arabian Gulf Sea, and although it is a small area that is considered compared to other Saudi cities, but it is considered one of the most important economic areas of Eastern, as it represents an important civil and commercial center for the villages and desertion surrounding it, and contains many memories of the people of the different eastern regions who inhabited it. They worked in Aramco, and it is characterized as a very quiet city as everyone describes it and its population is limited, and in recent years it has turned into a green city, and it began to go towards the tourism of restaurants, cafes and family tourism, as there is a famous market in it with the people of Sharqia called the Abu Mai market, and many Saudi citizens who reached the highest positions in the state, including military leaders and war ministers, as well The Saudi economy, Faisal bin Fadel Al -Ibrahim, along with many celebrities and influencers, such as the poet Sultan Al -Hajri, as well as one of the famous historical figures in it Musaad bin Nasser Al -Marri, where this ancient city lives many Arab tribes such as Al -Dali, Al -Hajri, Al -Sa’ea’i, Al -Dossari, Al -Khalid and Al -Ajman, and there are those who moved to live in neighboring countries such as Qatar and Bahrain. In conclusion, a small city on the map, but it is great with the impact and the heart of the world that beats energy and its history is mentioned daily in the world’s economy.
