Everything about Hafar Al-batin totally explained
Hafar Al-Batin is a
Saudi Arabian city in the
Eastern Province and located in the Northeastern region. It is located at around just north to
Riyadh, and located near the longitudinal Coordinate of
Riyadh, thus it has almost the same prayer time with Riyadh, +/- 1 minute. It is about 480 km from
Riyadh, 90 km from
Kuwait border and about 70 from
Iraq border.
King Khalid Military City is a 60 km south to it.
Name
The name of
Hafar Al-Batin (
Arabic: حفر الباطن) means the hole of
Al-Batin Valley
History
In the 1st century
after hijrah in
638 AD,
Hafar Al-Batin was just a route in a desert that
pilgrims pass through it to
Mecca for
Hajj. At that time, there's no water available in this land, the
pilgrims travelled from
Iraq to
Mecca in a long route wihout water. During
Uthman ibn Affan reign (
644 AD -
656 AD), complaints of
pilgrims reached
Abu-Musa al-Asha'ari a
companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad who was involved to solve the problem by digging for new wells in this route around
17 AH. The wells started from 5 reached 70 wells in the lowest point of
Al-Batin valley. The name
Abu-Musa al-Asha'ari wells were put. In
1320 AH, the 70 wells decreased to 40 wells only 11 wells were drinkable. The remaining wells were now holes. Thus, the current name is holes in
Al-Batin valley to be holes of
Al-Batin (
Arabic: حفر الباطن)
Population
By 2005,
Hafar Al-Batin, its suburbans and more 35 villages reached +338,636.
- Hafar Al-Batin about +289,179
- Qaisumah about +20,887
- Al-Theebiyah about +12,338
- Ar Raqa'i +5,665
- As Su'ayerah about +3,607
- As Sufayri about +2,481
- Al-Qalt - Ibn Tuwalah about +1,128
- Samoudah about +914
- As Sadawi about +822
- Um Qulaib about +612
- An Nazim about +585
- Dhabhah about +267
- Um Ashar about +73
- Al-Metiahah Al-Janobiyah about +61
- Al-Hamatiyat about +17
Communications
All the downtown and roads of Hafar Al-Batin are paved.
It is connected with an international network of roads, connecting
Saudi Arabia with
Kuwait in the East and connecting the North with the
Eastern Province.
Hafar Al-Batin has two airports,
Qaisumah airport about 10 km in the east, and
King Khalid Military City Airport about 60 km in the south.
Districts
Climate
Weather in
Hafar Al-Batin is ranging from (-3 C to 5 C) at the night of
winter to (40 C to 49 C) at the daylight of
summer and even more but not documented. The
Climate in general is harsh, hot and dry, it's rainy in
winter only.
Galleries
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