al-Qatif (administrative district)
القطيف al-Qatif
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Country | Saudi Arabia |
province | al-Sharqiyyah |
Residents | 524,182 (2010) |
ISO 3166-2 | SA-04 |
Coordinates: 26 ° 33 ' N , 50 ° 0' E
Al-Qatif (also Qatif and Katif ; Arabic القطيف, DMG al-Qaṭīf ) is an administrative district in the province of ash-Sharqiyya , the "Eastern Province" of Saudi Arabia .
history
Qatif is one of the oldest settlements in the region, the history of which dates back to 3500 BC. Goes back to BC . The explorer Ibn Battuta visited the place on his travel route 1325-1332.
Together with al-Hasa, Qatif is considered to be the settlement focus of the Saudi Twelve Shia and played a central role in connection with the protests in Saudi Arabia from 2011 onwards . Ayatollah and civil rights activist Nimr al-Nimr was sentenced to death for inciting rioting in Qatif.