Hofuf

Hofuf is the second-largest city in the of . The city is located within the oasis of al-Ahsa, and the names are often used interchangeably. In 2018 this oasis was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
  • City with 661,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 159 metres (522 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code HOF
  • Description: Al Ahsa Oasis in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia
  • Also known as
    “Al Hofuf”
    “al-Hafuf”
    “Al-Hufuf”
    “Hufūf”

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Hofuf

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Latitude
25.3697° or 25° 22′ 11″ north
Longitude
49.5865° or 49° 35′ 12″ east
UN/LOCODE
SA HOF
Open location code
7HQF9H9P+VJ
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Waray—“Hofuf” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Hofuf”
  • Arabic: “الأحساء”
  • Arabic: “الهفوف”
  • Arabic: “هفوف”
  • Armenian: “Ալ-Հուֆուֆ”
  • Asturian: “Hofuf”
  • Azerbaijani: “əl-Hufuf”
  • Azerbaijani: “Əl-Hufuf”
  • Azerbaijani: “Həfuf”
  • Basque: “Al-Hufuf”
  • Basque: “Hofuf”
  • Basque: “Hufuf”
  • Bengali: “হফুফ”
  • Catalan: “Al-Hufuf”
  • Catalan: “Al-Hufūf”
  • Catalan: “Hofuf”
  • Catalan: “Hufhuf”
  • Catalan: “Hufuf”
  • Cebuano: “Al Hufūf”
  • Chinese: “胡富夫”
  • Croatian: “Hufuf”
  • Czech: “Al-Hofuf”
  • Czech: “Hofúf”
  • Danish: “Al-Hufuf”
  • Danish: “Hofuf”
  • Dutch: “Hofuf”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الهفوف”
  • Esperanto: “Hofufo”
  • Estonian: “Al-Hufuf”
  • Estonian: “Al-Hufūf”
  • Finnish: “Al-Hofuf”
  • Finnish: “Hofuf”
  • French: “Al-Hofuf”
  • French: “Al-Hufuf”
  • Fulah: “Hofuf”
  • Georgian: “ელ-ჰუფუფი”
  • German: “Al-Hofuf”
  • German: “Hofuf”
  • Greek: “Χοφούφ”
  • Gujarati: “હોફુફ”
  • Hebrew: “אל חופוף”
  • Hebrew: “הופוף”
  • Hindi: “अल हॉफुफ”
  • Hindi: “होफुफ़”
  • Indonesian: “al-Hafuf”
  • Indonesian: “Al-Hofuf”
  • Indonesian: “Al-Hufuf”
  • Indonesian: “Hofuf”
  • Indonesian: “Hufuf”
  • Italian: “Hofuf”
  • Japanese: “フフーフ”
  • Japanese: “ホフフ”
  • Kannada: “ಹುಫೂಫ್”
  • Kannada: “ಹೋಫ್ಫ್”
  • Kazakh: “Әл-Хуфуф”
  • Kazakh: “Эль-Хуфуф”
  • Korean: “호푸프”
  • Korean: “후푸프”
  • Kurdish: “Hufûf”
  • Latvian: “Hofufa”
  • Lithuanian: “Hofufas”
  • Lithuanian: “Hufufas”
  • Malay: “Hofuf”
  • Malayalam: “ഹുഫൂഫ്”
  • Marathi: “हॉफफ”
  • Mazanderani: “هفوف”
  • Mingrelian: “ელ-ჰუფუფი”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hofuf”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hofuf”
  • Norwegian: “Hofuf”
  • Persian: “هفوف”
  • Polish: “Al-Hofuf”
  • Polish: “Al-Hufuf”
  • Portuguese: “Al Hufuf”
  • Portuguese: “Al-Hofuf”
  • Portuguese: “Al-Hufuf”
  • Portuguese: “Hofuf”
  • Portuguese: “Hofufe”
  • Russian: “Аль-Ахса”
  • Russian: “Аль-Хуфуф”
  • Russian: “Лахса”
  • Russian: “Ляхса”
  • Russian: “Хуфуф”
  • Russian: “Эль-Хуфуф”
  • Serbian: “Хуфуф”
  • Sindhi: “هفوف”
  • Sinhala: “හොෆාෆ්”
  • Slovenian: “Hufuf”
  • Spanish: “Al Hufuf”
  • Spanish: “Al-Hufuf”
  • Spanish: “Hofuf”
  • Swedish: “Al Hufuf”
  • Swedish: “Al Hufūf”
  • Swedish: “al-Hufuf”
  • Swedish: “Al-Hufuf”
  • Swedish: “Hofuf”
  • Swedish: “Hufuf”
  • Tagalog: “Hofuf”
  • Tamil: “ஹோப்புப்”
  • Telugu: “హోఫుప్”
  • Thai: “โฮฟัฟ”
  • Turkish: “Hufuf”
  • Turkish: “Hüfuf”
  • Ukrainian: “Ель-Хуфуф”
  • Urdu: “الباحۃ”
  • Urdu: “هفوف”
  • Urdu: “ہفوف”
  • Uzbek: “Hufuf”
  • Vietnamese: “Hofuf”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Hofuf”

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