Qatif

Qatif is a city in the of . It is an ancient city, more than 3,000 years old. It was the first home for ancient Phoenicians, some of whom emigrated to the Eastern Mediterranean.
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  • Town with about 625,000 residents
  • Description: governorate in Saudi Arabia
  • Also known as
    “Al Qaţīf”
    “El Katif”
    “Qatif governorate”

Towns in the Area

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Latitude
26.5586° or 26° 33′ 31″ north
Longitude
50.0087° or 50° 0′ 32″ east
UN/LOCODE
SA QTF
Open location code
7HRGH255+CF
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
place = town
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Qatif” goes by many names.
القطيفArabic
محافظة القطيفArabic
Էլ-ԿատիֆArmenian
Al-QatifBasque
কাতিফBengali
Al-KatifCatalan
Al-QatifCatalan
KatifCatalan
QatifCatalan
پارێزگای قەتیفCentral Kurdish
卡提夫Chinese
盖提夫Chinese
蓋提夫Chinese
Al-QaṭīfCroatian
KatifCroatian
QatifCroatian
CateusDutch
القطيفEgyptian Arabic
قطيفEgyptian Arabic
KatifEsperanto
Al-QatifFinnish
QatifFinnish
ელ-ქატიფიGeorgian
ΚατίφGreek
QatifHausa
קטיףHebrew
अल-क़तीफ़Hindi
क़तीफ़Hindi
QatifIndonesian
QatifJapanese
カティーフJapanese
カティフJapanese
Élʹ-KatïfKazakh
Әл-ҚатифKazakh
Эль-КатифKazakh
Эль-Катиф қаласыKazakh
ەل-كاتىيفKazakh
카티프Korean
QetîfKurdish
QatifMalay
ഖതീഫ്Malayalam
قطیفMazanderani
ელ-ქატიფიMingrelian
QatifNorwegian
Al-QatifNorwegian Bokmål
QatifNorwegian Bokmål
QatifNorwegian Nynorsk
القطیفPersian
قطیفPersian
Al-KatifPolish
Аль-КатифRussian
Эль-КатифRussian
QatifScots
КатифSerbian
KatifSerbo-Croatian
القطيف گورنریٽSindhi
KatifSlovenian
قطیفSouth Azerbaijani
QatifTagalog
KatifTurkish
Аль-КатіфUkrainian
Ель-КатіфUkrainian
КатіфUkrainian
قطیفUrdu
Al - QatifUzbek
QatifVietnamese
QatifWaray (Philippines)
قطیفWestern Panjabi

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