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 / 23.91000; 42.92028, 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.

'Afif
'Afif is located in Saudi Arabie
'Afif
'Afif
Location in Saudi Arabie
Coordinates: 23°54′36″N 42°55′13″E / 23.91000°N 42.92028°E / 23.91000; 42.92028
Kintra Saudi Arabie
ProvinceRiyadh
Time zoneUTC+3
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3
Area code(s)+966-

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