Hafar al-Batin
Hafar al-Batin (Arabic: حفر الباطن Ḥafar al-Bāṭin), also frequently spelled Hafr al-Batin, is a city in the Hafar al-Batin Governorate, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia. It is located 430 km north of Riyadh, 94.2 km from the Kuwait border, and about 74.3 from the Iraq border. The city lies in the dry valley of the Wadi al-Batin, which is part of the longer valley of the river Wadi al-Rummah (now dry), which leads inland toward Medina and formerly emptied into the Persian Gulf.
Hafar al-Batin | |
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City | |
| Nickname: Capital of the Spring | |
Hafar al-Batin | |
| Coordinates: 28°26′3″N 45°57′49″E | |
| Country | Saudi Arabia |
| Province | Eastern Province |
| Established | 638 CE (17 AH) |
| Joint Saudi Arabia | 1925 |
| Government | |
| • Manager of Municipality | Muhammad Hmoud AlShaie’a |
| • City Governor | Abdulmuhsen Al-Otaishan |
| • Deputy Governor | Musliet Abdulaziz AlZugaibi |
| • Provincial Governor | Saud bin Nayef Al Saud |
| Population (2022) | |
| • City | 387,096 |
| • Metro | 467,007 (Hafar al-Batin Governorate) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (AST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (AST) |
| Postal Code | 31991 |
| Area code | +966-1-3-7 |
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