Qaryat al-Faw
Qaryat Al Faw, also known as Qaryat Dhat Kahil, was once the capital of the Kingdom of Kinda, now an archaeological site. It is located about 100 km south of Wadi ad-Dawasir, and about 700 km southwest of Riyadh, the capital city of Saudi Arabia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Heritage Commission, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: ancient village and the capital of Kinda Saudi
- Also known as: “Al Faw”, “Al Fāw”, “Qaryat al Faw”, and “Qaryat al Fāw”
Qaryat al-Faw
- Categories: archaeological site and locality
- Location: Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
19.78316° or 19° 46′ 59″ northLongitude
45.14036° or 45° 8′ 25″ eastElevation
715 metres (2,346 feet)Open location code
7HF7Q4MR+74OpenStreetMap ID
node 6765425067OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Qaryat al-Faw” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الفاو”
- Arabic: “قرية الفاو الأثرية”
- Arabic: “قرية الفاو”
- Arabic: “قريه الفاو”
- Catalan: “Qaryat al-Faw”
- Chinese: “法烏”
- Croatian: “Karjat al-Fav”
- Dutch: “Qaryat al-Faw”
- French: “Al Faw (Arabie saoudite)”
- French: “Al Faw”
- French: “Fao”
- Galician: “Qaryat al-Faw”
- German: “Qaryat al-Faw”
- Hebrew: “קריית אל-פאו”
- Indonesian: “Qaryat al-Faw”
- Italian: “Qaryat al-Faw”
- Lithuanian: “Karjat al Favas”
- Maltese: “Qaryat al-Faw”
- Persian: “قریه الفاو”
- Polish: “Karjat Zat Kahl”
- Spanish: “Qaryat al-Faw”
- Turkish: “El-Fav Antik Kenti”
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