Safwa

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Safwa

Total population

45,676

Coordinates26.65°, 49.95°

Demographic figures from General Authority for Statistics (Saudi Arabia). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Safwa City is a city in the Qatif Governorate, located in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Nimr al-Nimr

Saudi Shia Sheikh in al-Awamiyah in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province

M

Mani' ibn Rabi'a al-Muraydi

A Saudi ruler found the largest ruling family in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

A

Ali Mohammed Baqir al-Nimr

Saudi protestor

D

Dawoud al-Marhoon

Saudi Arabian (born 1995)

S

Salman Al-Safwani

former Iraqi minister

Nawaf Boushal

Saudi footballer

M

Muhammad Radhi al-Shammasi

Saudi Arabian poet

A

Ali Al-Mayyad

Saudi Arabian association football player

A

Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Saffar al-Ahsa'i

Saudi Arabian Islamic jurist and poet

I

Ibrahim al-Sakkouni

Eastern Arabian poet

J

Ja'far Abu al-Makarim

Saudi Arabian Islamic scholar and poet

F

Fareed Abdullah Al-Namir

Saudi writer

N

Noor Al-Muslim

Saudi Arabian artist and social activist

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Eastern Province

• `Inak
  10.2 mi away · pop. 20,038
• Nova Kršlja
  2271.8 mi away · pop. 66
• Lipovača
  2272.6 mi away · pop. 157
• Drežnik Grad
  2273.4 mi away · pop. 354
• Bogovolja
  2273.6 mi away · pop. 170
• Stara Kršlja
  2273.8 mi away · pop. 7
• Komesarac
  2274.5 mi away · pop. 155
• Irinovac
  2274.6 mi away · pop. 130
• Kosa
  2274.6 mi away · pop. 15
• Čatrnja
  2274.8 mi away · pop. 209
• Srednje Selo
  2274.9 mi away · pop. 15
• Pašin Potok
  2275 mi away · pop. 200

Browse all places in Eastern Province →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Northern House Gecko

Hemidactylus flaviviridis

Seen 2026-07-14

Lime Swallowtail

Papilio demoleus

Seen 2026-07-14

Salt Rush

Juncus rigidus

Seen 2026-06-21

kheep

Leptadenia pyrotechnica

Seen 2026-06-21

athel tamarisk

Tamarix aphylla

Seen 2026-06-21

House Crow

Corvus splendens

Seen 2026-06-06

Domestic Cat

Felis catus

Seen 2026-06-05

Common Myna

Acridotheres tristis

Seen 2026-06-04

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).