| Hawf | |
| Settlement Type: | District |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Yemen |
| Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
| Subdivision Name1: | Al Mahrah |
| Population As Of: | 2003 |
| Population Total: | 5143 |
| Timezone: | Yemen Standard Time |
| Utc Offset: | +3 |
Hawf is a district of the Al Mahrah Governorate, Yemen. As of 2003, the district had a population of 5,143 inhabitants.[1] The Hawf Area was nominated to be a natural UNESCO World Heritage Site in August 2002. Currently, it is listed as a tentative World Heritage Site.[2] It's around 2 hours away from Omani bordering town of Sarfait and it is 180 km away from Salalah, that is one of the biggest cities of Oman.
See main article: South Arabian fog woodlands, shrublands, and dune. In Hawf, the climate is hot and dry. Most rain falls in the winter. The Köppen-Geiger climate classification is Bwh. The average annual temperature in Hawf is 26.2°C. About 51mm of precipitation falls annually. According to UNESCO, The area as a whole including Dhofar region in Oman and Hawf region in Yemen has been described as a center of plant diversity, and as a 'fog oasis' in the Arabian Peninsula which is predominantly arid.