Qatif
Qatif is a city in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. It is an ancient city, more than 3,000 years old. It was the first home for ancient Phoenicians, some of whom emigrated to the Eastern Mediterranean.Photo: NASA, Public domain.
Localities in the Area
Al-Awamiyah
Al-Awamiyah, also spelled Awamia, is a town situated in the Al-Qatif region in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. Al-Awamiyah is situated 6 km southeast of Qatif.Al-Awjam
Al-Awjam is a small village located in the Qatif Governorate, which is affiliated with the city of Safwa in the eastern region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on the coast of the Persian Gulf. Al-Awjam is situated 6 km south of Qatif.Qatif
- Type: Town with 98,300 residents
- Description: governorate in Saudi Arabia
- Categories: governorate of Saudi Arabia and locality
- Location: Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
26.6167° or 26° 37' northLongitude
49.9333° or 49° 56' eastPopulation
98,300Elevation
3 metres (10 feet)United Nations Location Code
SA QTFOpen Location Code
7HRFJW8M+M8OpenStreetMap ID
node 1237806905OpenStreetMap Feature
place=townGeoNames ID
108927Wikidata ID
Q847660Qatif Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Arabic: Qatif
- Arabic: القطيف
- Arabic: محافظة القطيف
- Basque: Al-Qatif
- Catalan: Al-Katif
- Catalan: Al-Qatif
- Catalan: Katif
- Catalan: Qatif
- Central Kurdish: پارێزگای قەتیف
- Chinese: 卡提夫
- Chinese: 盖提夫
- Chinese: 蓋提夫
- Croatian: Al-Qaṭīf
- Croatian: Katif
- Croatian: Qatif
- Dutch: Cateus
- Egyptian Arabic: القطيف
- Egyptian Arabic: قطيف
- English: Al-Qatif
- English: Al Qatif
- English: Qatif governorate
- Esperanto: Katif
- Finnish: Al-Qatif
- Finnish: Al Qatif
- Finnish: Qatif
- French: Al-Qatif
- French: Qatif
- Georgian: ელ-ქატიფი
- German: Al-Qatif
- German: Katif
- German: al-Qatif
- Greek: Κατίφ
- Hausa: Qatif
- Hebrew: קטיף
- Hindi: अल-क़तीफ़
- Hindi: अल क़तीफ़
- Hindi: कतीफ
- Hindi: क़तीफ
- Hindi: क़तीफ़
- Indonesian: Qatif
- Japanese: Qatif
- Japanese: カティフ
- Japanese: カティーフ
- Kazakh: Élʹ-Katïf
- Kazakh: Эль-Катиф
- Kazakh: Эль-Катиф қаласы
- Kazakh: Әл-Қатиф
- Kazakh: ەل-كاتىيف
- Korean: 카티프
- Kurdish: Qetîf
- Malayalam: ഖതീഫ്
- Mazanderani: قطیف
- Norwegian: Qatif
- Norwegian Bokmål: Al-Qatif
- Norwegian Bokmål: Qatif
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Qatif
- Persian: القطیف
- Persian: قطیف
- Polish: Al-Katif
- Russian: Аль-Катиф
- Russian: Эль-Катиф
- Scots: Qatif
- Serbian: Катиф
- Serbo-Croatian: Katif
- Slovenian: Katif
- South Azerbaijani: قطیف
- Spanish: Al-Qatif
- Spanish: Qatif
- Tagalog: Qatif
- Turkish: Katif
- Ukrainian: Аль-Катіф
- Ukrainian: Ель-Катіф
- Ukrainian: Катіф
- Urdu: قطیف
- Vietnamese: Qatif
- Waray (Philippines): Qatif
- Western Panjabi: قطیف
- Al Qaţīf
- El Katif
Other Places Named Qatif
In the Area
- Al-Madinah Al-BaydaaNeighbourhood, 4 km north
- Umm as SāhikTown, 4½ km northwest
- Al QudayhTown, 8 km southeast
- Tu`us Abu ShumaylahLocality, 8 km north
- At TūbīTown, 9 km southeast
- JarudiyahTown, 10 km southeast
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