Afif

Afif () is a ceety in central Saudi Arabie, in the Najd region. It is locatit at , 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.

Points o interest
 LORAN-C transmitter Afif

Category:Populatit places in Riyadh Province
Category:Populatit places established in the 1910s