King Khalid Military City

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King Khalid Military City (KKMC) (Arabic: مدينة الملك خالد العسكرية; transliterated: Medinat Al-Malek Khaled Al-Askariyah) is a cantonment located in northeastern Saudi Arabia, approximately 60 km (37 miles) south of Hafar al-Batin city. The city was constructed during the 1970s and 1980s and was designed and built by the Middle East Division, a unit of the United States Army Corps of Engineers. Consulting firms involved in its construction include Brown, Daltas, and Associates, as well as LeMessurier Consultants from Cambridge, Massachusetts. KKMC was established to accommodate several brigades of Saudi troops, with a population of approximately 65,000 individuals. The city is named after the former Saudi King Khalid bin Abdul Aziz (r. 1975–1982).

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