Hafar al-Batin

Hafar al-Batin
Nickname: 
Capital of the Spring
Hafar al-Batin is located in Saudi Arabia
Hafar al-Batin
Hafar al-Batin
Coordinates: 28°26′3″N 45°57′49″E / 28.43417°N 45.96361°E / 28.43417; 45.96361
Country Saudi Arabia
ProvinceEastern Province
Established638 CE (17 AH)
Joint Saudi Arabia1925
Government
 • Manager of MunicipalityMuhammad Hmoud AlShaie’a[1]
 • City GovernorAbdulmuhsen Al-Otaishan
 • Deputy GovernorMusliet Abdulaziz AlZugaibi
 • Provincial GovernorSaud bin Nayef Al Saud
Population
 (2022[2])
 • City387,096
 • Metro
467,007 (Hafar al-Batin Governorate)
Time zoneUTC+3 (AST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (AST)
Postal Code
31991
Area code+966-1-3-7

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.

  1. ^ "رئيس بلدية محافظة حفر الباطن محمد حمود الشايع - اخبارية محافظة حفر الباطن". Archived from the original on 2012-04-27. Retrieved 2012-05-22.
  2. ^ "Hafar al-Batin (Eastern Region, Saudi Arabia) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map, Location, Weather and Web Information". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2024-02-05.