Layla

Layla is a city in , , and the administrative seat of . The city is named after Layla al-Amiriyah, lover of the renowned poet Qays ibn al-Mulawwah, whose story became one of the most famous love stories in Arabic literature and inspired the romance of Layla and Majnun.
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  • Type: City with 30,900 residents
  • Description: town in central Saudi Arabia
  • Also known as: “Laila”, “Lailah”, “Laylá”, and “Laylah”

Layla

Latitude
22.29295° or 22° 17′ 35″ north
Longitude
46.71716° or 46° 43′ 2″ east
Population
30,900
Elevation
541 metres (1,775 feet)
Open location code
7HJ87PV8+5V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1236714296
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
104716
Wiki­data ID
Q26958
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Layla” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الخرفة (مركز)”
  • Arabic: “الخرفة”
  • Arabic: “ليلى”
  • Asturian: “Layla”
  • Catalan: “Layla”
  • Chinese: “萊拉”
  • Dutch: “Layla”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ليلى”
  • French: “Layla”
  • German: “Layla”
  • Irish: “Layla”
  • Italian: “Layla”
  • Kurdish: “Leyla”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Layla i Saudi-Arabia”
  • Persian: “لیلی (عربستان)”
  • Persian: “لیلی”
  • Polish: “Lajla”
  • Russian: “Лайла”
  • Silesian: “Lajla”
  • Spanish: “Kharfh”
  • Urdu: “لیلیٰ (الافلاج)”
  • Urdu: “لیلیٰ”
  • Vietnamese: “Layla”

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