Saudi city which is bounded on the north of the Republic of Iraq, and the Middle East region and the Republic of Iraq and to the south of Hail to the west by Al-Jouf.
While bordered area Arar headquarters of the Principality from the north-west region.
County is located Rafha between longitudes 30 and 42 -45 east and latitudes 28 -27 and 30 in the north while the center of this province city of Rafha, Longitude 29 and 43 east and latitude 38 and 29 North .
Rafha province is located in the north-east of Saudi Arabia in the northern border area that Arar base, and almost an area of the northern region is divided equally between the headquarters of the emirate in Arar and Rafha province.
The city, Rafha nearest locality to the Iraqi border where is separated from this e-border only thirty-five agent only. Increased the importance of its occurrence on the road leading to the Levant where it became the focus of Rahal many travelers. The establishment of the Iraqi refugee camp sheltering near the city increased the importance of economic and urban.
Seemed transformation in the lives of the inhabitants of this region since the beginning of the first to create a line Tapline that connected oil areas in the east of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Lebanese port of Sidon Mara Bdavlata Jordan and Syria and that was about 52 years ago in 1369 AH / 1370 H, where organizers decided to create a line pumping stations to strengthen in this region, which initially called "the province of the pipeline" and took the opportunity to work available at this station attracts people slowly to it until it became one of the major population centers along this line.
The mark Hamad Al-Jasser in his Gazetteer of the country Saudi Arabia says:
Smit Rafha small Bakoirh located east near her name was Rafha and misrepresented what the well next to it called the well Beer Rafha then became known Rafha later. It is also said: that the reason for naming the city Rafha this name due to a woman named Rafha she was staying with her parents near Mount is located northwest of the city. He was named on the mountain, which later became the name of the city.
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