Hafar al-Batin, Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia

Hafar al-Batin, Saudi Arabia shares 14 connections with 1404 other places across 9 topics, spanning government, religion, history, and nature. Situated in the dry Wadi al-Batin valley, which once drained toward the Persian Gulf, the city served as a pilgrimage oasis from the 7th century CE, with wells dug along the Hajj route to Mecca during the caliphate of Uthman (644–56 CE). Many of its shared ties run with Mecca, Medina, and Iran. A Gulf War-era prisoner-of-war camp operated nearby, connecting the city to the Missouri National Guard.