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'''Qatif''' or '''Al-Qatif''' ({{lang-langx|ar|ٱلْقَطِيف}} ''Al-Qaṭīf'') is a [[list of governorates of Saudi Arabia|governorate]] and [[urban area]] located in [[Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia|Eastern Province]], [[Saudi Arabia]]. It extends from [[Ras Tanura]] and [[Jubail]] in the north to [[Dammam]] in the south, and from the [[Persian Gulf]] in the east to [[King Fahd International Airport]] in the west. This region has its own municipality and includes the Qatif downtown, [[Safwa City|Safwa]], [[Saihat]], [[Tarout Island]], and many other smaller cities and towns.
 
Qatif is one of the oldest settlements in [[Eastern Arabia]]; its history goes back to 3500 BC, more than 50005,000 years ago, and was part of the [[Eastern Arabia|Bahrain Region]] which was called Dilmun at that time and the Sumerians knew it as the land of paradise, immortality, and life.<ref>{{cite book |last=Crawford |first=Harriet E. W. |author-link=Harriet Crawford |date=1998 |title=Dilmun and Its Gulf Neighbours |page=9 |location=Cambridge, UK |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-52158-679-5}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Rice |first=Michael |date=1991 |title=Egypt's Making: The Origins of Ancient Egypt 5000–2000 BC |location=London, UK |publisher=Routledge |page=229 |isbn=978-0-41506-454-5}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theregister.com/2010/12/09/ancient_dilmun_garden_eden_gulf_lost_civilisation/ |title=Lost ancient civilisation's ruins lie beneath Gulf, says boffin |first=Lewis |last=Page |date=December 9, 2010 |website=[[The Register]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107022714/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/12/09/ancient_dilmun_garden_eden_gulf_lost_civilisation/ |archive-date=November 7, 2017}}</ref> Before the discovery of oil, Qatifi people used to work as merchants, farmers, and fishermen. However, with the development of the oil fields in the late 1940s, Qatif lost its status as an important port to Dammam, and since the 1990s has focused on the oil industry, public services, education, and healthcare sectors.<ref name="the-saudi.net">{{cite web |url=http://www.the-saudi.net/saudi-arabia/qatif/Qatif%20City%20-%20Saudi%20Arabia.htm |title=Qatif City Profile |date=2019 |website=The Saudi Network}}</ref>
 
Several travelers visited the city, most famously [[Abulfeda]]: "Al-Qatif: a town next to Al-Ahsa, of a beautiful nature, whose people are well-groomed, and it is on the Arab side of the Persian Sea coast,"<ref name=":0"/> as well as [[Ibn Battuta]]: "Then we traveled to the city of Al-Qatif, its name is derived from fruit picking, which is an oasis of water and a large city with many palm trees inhabited by sects of Shiite Arabs."<ref>{{cite book |url=http://islamport.com/w/bld/Web/455/133.htm |last=Battuta |first=Ibn |authorlink=Ibn Battuta |date=2017-08-08 |title=Ibn Battuta's Journey |language=ar |location= |publisher=Al-Maktaba Al-Asriyya for printing and publishing |page= |isbn= |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808193820/http://islamport.com/w/bld/Web/455/133.htm |archive-date=2017-08-08}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite book |last=Al-Ramis |first=Salman |date=2004 |title=Qatif, a study in ancient history |url= |location= |publisher=Al-hazen library |page= |isbn=}}</ref>
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The Qatif coastline is rich with shrimp and many varieties of [[fish]]. Qatif Fish Market is the largest in the [[Middle East]]. Qatif villages are known to have many [[date palms]] and other fruits.
 
On 8 March 2020 Qatif was put into lockdown by Saudi Arabia until 29 April 2020 because of cases of [[Coronavirus disease 2019|COVID-19]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/covid-19/411258/coronavirus-italy-death-toll-soars-amid-travel-ban |title=Coronavirus: Italy death toll soars amid travel ban |date=2020-03-09 |website=[[RNZ]] |language=en-nz |access-date=2020-03-08}}</ref>
 
==Education==
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[[Category:Shia communities]]
[[Category:Shia Islam in Saudi Arabia]]
[[Category:Cities in Saudi Arabia]]
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