Hafar Al-Batin (Arabic:حفر الباطنḤafar al-Bāṭin) is a Saudi Arabian city in the Eastern Province. It is located 430km north of Riyadh, 94.2km from the Kuwait border, and about 74.3 from the Iraq border. The city lies in the dry valley of the Wadi al-Batin, which is part of the longer valley of the river Wadi Al-Rummah (now dry), which leads inland toward Medina and formerly emptied into the Persian Gulf.