Al Jouf

Al Jouf is the historic northern oasis region of , stretching from the An Nafud desert in the south to the border in the north. Its modern capital is Sakaka, but its historic heart is the ancient oasis of Dumat al-Jandal — known to the…
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  • State with about 508,000 residents
  • Description: province of northwestern Saudi Arabia, capital Sakaka; home to the ancient oasis city of Dumat al-Jandal (Adummatu) and the Chalcolithic standing stones of Rajajil
  • Also known as
    “Al Jawf”
    “Al Jawf Province”
    “Al Jawf Region”
    “Al Jouf Province”
    “Al Jouf Region”
    “Al-Jauf”
    “Al-Joff Region”
    “Al-Joof”
    “Al-Jowf Province”
    “Jawf (province)”
    “Jowf (province)”
    “Minţaqat al Jawf”
    “منطقة الجوف”
  • Categories
    province of Saudi Arabia
    locality
  • Location
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Latitude
29.7674° or 29° 46′ 3″ north
Longitude
39.563° or 39° 33′ 47″ east
Open location code
7GXXQH87+X5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1236752707
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
109470
Wiki­data ID
Q1471266

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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Wu Chinese—“Al Jouf” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “አል ጃውፍ ክልል”
  • Arabic: “إمارة منطقة الجوف”
  • Arabic: “الجوف (منطقة)”
  • Arabic: “الجوف”
  • Arabic: “جوف (منطقة)”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة الجوف”
  • Arabic: “منطقة الجوف”
  • Arabic: “منطقه الجوف”
  • Armenian: “Ալ Ջաուֆ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Al Jawf bölgəsi”
  • Belarusian: “Правінцыя Эль-Джаўф”
  • Belarusian: “Эль-Джаўф (правінцыя)”
  • Belarusian: “Эль-Джаўф”
  • Bengali: “আল জাউফ অঞ্চল”
  • Bengali: “আল যাফ অঞ্চল”
  • Bulgarian: “Ал-Джоуф”
  • Catalan: “Província d’Al Jawf”
  • Catalan: “Regió d’Al-Jawf”
  • Cebuano: “Al Jawf”
  • Chinese: “焦夫省 (沙地阿拉伯)”
  • Chinese: “焦夫省”
  • Croatian: “Džavf (pokrajina)”
  • Croatian: “Džavf”
  • Czech: “Provincie al-Džauf”
  • Danish: “Al Jawf Region”
  • Dutch: “Al Jawf”
  • Dutch: “Al Jwaf (provincie)”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “منطقه الجوف”
  • Esperanto: “Emirlando Ĝaŭfo”
  • Esperanto: “Emirlando Jaŭfo”
  • Esperanto: “Provinco Jaufo”
  • Esperanto: “Regiono Ĝaŭfo”
  • Estonian: “Al-Jawfi provints”
  • Finnish: “Al Jawf”
  • French: “Al jawf (province)”
  • French: “Al Jawf”
  • French: “Jawf”
  • German: “Al-Jawf-Region”
  • German: “Dschauf (Provinz)”
  • German: “Provinz al-Dschauf”
  • Greek: “Επαρχία Τζωφ”
  • Gujarati: “અલ જૉફ પ્રદેશ”
  • Hausa: “Yankin Al Jawf”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז אל-ג’וף”
  • Hindi: “अल जौफ क्षेत्र”
  • Hindi: “अल-जौफ़ प्रान्त”
  • Hindi: “जौफ़ प्रान्त”
  • Hungarian: “Dzsauf tartomány (Szaúd-Arábia)”
  • Hungarian: “Dzsauf tartomány”
  • Indonesian: “Provinsi jauf”
  • Italian: “Al Jawf (provincia)”
  • Italian: “Al-Jawf”
  • Italian: “Provincia di al-Jawf”
  • Japanese: “アル・ジャウフ州”
  • Japanese: “ジャウフ州”
  • Javanese: “Wilayah Al Jawf”
  • Kannada: “ಅಲ್ ಜಾವ್ಫ್ ಪ್ರದೇಶ”
  • Kazakh: “Аль-Джауф облысы”
  • Kirghiz: “Аль-Жауф Чөлөө”
  • Korean: “자우프 주 (사우디아라비아)”
  • Korean: “자우프주”
  • Latvian: “Džaufas mintaka”
  • Lithuanian: “Al Džaufo emyratas”
  • Lithuanian: “Džaufo emyratas”
  • Malay: “Wilayah Al Jawf”
  • Malayalam: “അൽ ജൗഫ് പ്രവിശ്യ”
  • Marathi: “अल जौफ प्रदेश”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Ǧauf Séng”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Ǧauf Tōa-khu”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Al Jawf (provins)”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Al Jawf-regionen”
  • Norwegian: “Al Jawf”
  • Oromo: “Naannoo Al Jawf”
  • Pampanga: “Al Jawf”
  • Panjabi: “ਅਲ ਜਾਉਫ ਖੇਤਰ”
  • Panjabi: “ਅਲਜੋਫ ਰਿਆਸਤ”
  • Panjabi: “ਜੌਫ਼ ਸੂਬਾ”
  • Persian: “استان جوف”
  • Persian: “جوف”
  • Persian: “منطقه جوف”
  • Polish: “Al-Dżauf (prowincja)”
  • Polish: “Al-Dżauf”
  • Portuguese: “Al jawf (arábia saudita)”
  • Portuguese: “Aljaufe”
  • Portuguese: “Região de Al Jawf”
  • Pushto: “د الجوف سیمه”
  • Romanian: “Provincia Al Jawf”
  • Russian: “Эль-Джауф”
  • Scots: “Al Jawf Province”
  • Serbian: “Ел Џауф”
  • Sindhi: “الجوف صوبو”
  • Sinhala: “අල් ජෝෆ් කලාපය”
  • Slovenian: “Provinca Al Džauf”
  • Somali: “Gobolka Al Jawf”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Al Jawf”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de el jauf”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Yauf”
  • Spanish: “Región de Al Jawf”
  • Sundanese: “Propinsi Al Jawf”
  • Swahili: “Eneo la Al Jawf”
  • Swedish: “Al-Jawf”
  • Tajik: “Минтақаи Аль-Жауф”
  • Tamil: “அல் ஜாவ்ப் பகுதி”
  • Tatar: “Аль-Жаўф регионы”
  • Telugu: “అల్ జాఫ్ ప్రాంతం”
  • Thai: “แคว้นอัลเญาฟ์”
  • Turkish: “Cevf bölgesi”
  • Turkish: “Cevf”
  • Uighur: “جوف ئۆلكىسى”
  • Ukrainian: “Ель-Джауф”
  • Urdu: “Al Jawf”
  • Urdu: “الجوف علاقہ”
  • Urdu: “الجوﹶف”
  • Urdu: “منطقة الجوف”
  • Uzbek: “Al Jawf minaqasi”
  • Vietnamese: “Al Jawf”
  • Vietnamese: “Khu vực Al Jawf”
  • Volapük: “Cäufiän”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Al Jawf”
  • Western Panjabi: “صوبہ جوف”
  • Wu Chinese: “焦夫省（沙特阿拉伯）”

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