Afif
'Afif | |
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  'Afif Location in Saudi Arabie | |
| Coordinates: 23°54′36″N 42°55′13″E / 23.91000°N 42.92028°E | |
| Kintra |  Saudi Arabie |
| Province | Riyadh |
| Time zone | UTC+3 |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 |
| Area code(s) | +966- |
Afif (Arabic: عفيف) is a ceety in central Saudi Arabie, in the Najd region. It is locatit at 23°54′36″N 42°55′13″E / 23.91000°N 42.92028°E, an is situatit approximately hauf-wa atween Riyadh an Mecca. The modren toun wis established in the 1910s as a hijra, or "settlement", for the nomadic tribes o the aurie, pairticularly the tribe o 'Utaybah (see Ikhwan). It haes syne then grown intae a smaa ceety o some 90,000 fowk, no coontin the surroondin touns an veelages, which thegither wi 'Afif form the 'Afif Govrenorate.
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