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.
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  • Type: City with 661,000 residents
  • Description: Al Ahsa Oasis in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia
  • Also known as: “Al Hofuf”, “al-Hafuf”, “Al-Hofuf”, “Al-Hufuf”, “Hofūf”, “Hufuf”, and “Hufūf”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ibrahim’s Palace.

Photo: Heritage Commission, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Qasr Ibrahim is a historic fort in the north of Alqoat neighborhood, Hofuf, , , Saudi Arabia. It is also called the Dome Palace, AlQoat Palace or Ibrahim Castle and is the region's main architectural heritage site from the Ottoman period.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Al-Mubarraz.

Neighborhood
Photo: إبراهيم الشعيبي, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a city located at in the Eastern Province of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. With a population of 837,000, it is the north gate for Al-Ahsa governorate.

Hofuf

Latitude
25.3697° or 25° 22′ 11″ north
Longitude
49.5865° or 49° 35′ 12″ east
Population
661,000
Elevation
159 metres (522 feet)
IATA airport code
HOF
United Nations Location Code
SA HOF
Open location code
7HQF9H9P+VJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 208501048
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
109571
Wiki­data ID
Q27136
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Satellite Map

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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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