Rafha
Sign in to saveRafha (Arabic: رفحاء, romanized: Rafḥāʼ) is a city and governorate in northern Saudi Arabia. It is part of the Northern Borders Province and is located near the border with Iraq. As of the 2022 census, it has a population of 84,536.
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Place details
- Locality
- رفحاء
- Region
- منطقة الحدود الشمالية
- Country
- السعودية
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Rafha Governorate
- Settlement.native_name
- محافظة رفحاء
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ar
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City and Governorate
- Settlement.image_map
- Northern Borders Region - Rafha.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Rafha Governorate within the Northern Borders Province
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Saudi Arabia
- Settlement.pushpin_image
- Saudi Arabia location map.svg
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of Rafha within Saudi Arabia
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Northern Borders
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Badiyat al-Sham
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Seat
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Rafha City
- Settlement.established_title
- First settled
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Official name
- رفحاء
- Country
- Saudi Arabia
- Population
- 8726
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
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- native label
- رفحاء
- P12749
- 1774
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Etymology
- Climate
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- See also
- References
Rafha (Arabic: رفحاء, romanized: Rafḥāʼ) is a city and governorate in northern Saudi Arabia. It is part of the Northern Borders Province and is located near the border with Iraq. As of the 2022 census, it has a population of 84,536.
== History == The site originates in the 15th Century AD.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rafha” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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