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Hafar al-Batin (Arabic: حفر الباطن Ḥafar al-Bāṭin), also frequently spelled Hafr al-Batin, is a city in the Hafar al-Batin Governorate, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia. It is located 430 km north of Riyadh , 94.2 km from the Kuwait border, and about 74.3 from the Iraq border.
Qaisumah or Al Qaysumah (Arabic: القيصومة) is a village belonging to the city of Hafar al-Batin, in Eastern Province (also known as Ash Sharqiyah), Saudi Arabia. It is located at around 28°18′35″N 46°7′39″E / 28.30972°N 46.12750°E / 28.30972; 46.
The Al-Batin Club Stadium (Arabic: استاد نادي الباطن) is a multi-use stadium in Hafar al-Batin, Saudi Arabia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Al-Batin. The stadium has a capacity of 6,000 seats. [1] It was opened in April 2016. [2]
Wadi al-Batin (وادي الباطن) is an intermittent river in Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Kuwait. It is the lowest and final section of Wadi al-Rummah . It runs 45 mi (72 km) in a northeast–southwest direction through the Al-Dibdibah plain and has been recognized since 1913 as the border between Kuwait and Iraq .
In the spring of 1973, MODA approved changing the location of the third cantonment from Qaysumah to Hafar al Batin and expanding the cantonment to a "Military City". In March 1974, a $1.5 million contract was awarded to a joint venture with Sippican Architectural Engineering and Brown Daltas & Associates Rome, Italy office.
Al Qaisumah/Hafr al Batin Airport (Arabic: مطار القيصومة/حفر الباطن, IATA: AQI, ICAO: OEPA) is an airport serving Al Qaisumah (also spelled Al Qaysumah), a village near the city of Hafar al-Batin in Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia. The airport itself is about 20 kilometres (12.4 mi) southeast of Hafar al-Batin.
The missile attack on Hafar al-Batin on 14 February was the last attack that inflicted civilian casualties or damage in Saudi Arabia or other areas in the Gulf. Prior to the attack on 25 February, Iraqi Scud missile attacks killed one person and injured about 85.
University of Hafr Al Batin, often referred to as UOHB, is a Saudi public university that located in Hafr Albatin city in the eastern province. It was founded in 2014 on the royal decree by King Abdullah on April 3, 2014.