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UTC+04:00 time zone (blue) United Arab Emirates Standard Time or UAE Standard Time is the time zone for the UAE. It is given by Persian Gulf Standard Time, being 4 hours ahead of GMT/UTC and is co-linear with neighbouring Oman. The UAE does not change clocks for daylight saving time. [1]
The origin of the name of Sharjah is unknown, with most common interpretations linking the origin of the word Sharjah to the word sharq (Arabic: شَرْق, lit. 'east') due to the fact that the city is located to the east of Dubai and Abu Dhabi, and that Sharjah was the easternmost settlement at the time.
Dubai, the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates Map of the United Arab Emirates. The table below shows a list of every city in the UAE with a population of ...
Sharjah International Airport is home base of the low-cost carrier Air Arabia. The headquarters of Air Arabia is in the Sharjah Freight Center, [6] on the property of the airport [7] in Sharjah, UAE. [6] The center is an old cargo terminal. It replaced RAF Sharjah, which was closer to the city and was opened in 1932.
The emirate of Sharjah comprises the city of Sharjah (the seat of the emirate), and other minor towns and enclaves. The city of Sharjah, which overlooks the Persian Gulf, has a population of 1,600,000 (2022 census). Sharjah City borders Dubai to the south and Ajman to the north, and the three form a conurbation. [20]
Dubai–Sharjah–Ajman (DSA) is a densely populated metropolitan area in the United Arab Emirates. It consists of the combined, greater urban areas of Dubai , Ajman , and Sharjah . [ 3 ] The urban areas at the northeast end of Dubai flow into those of Sharjah, which in turn are contiguous with those of Ajman. [ 4 ]
Statistics of the seven emirates Map Historical Flag [3] Emirate Arabic name Date joined the UAE Capital Population (2015) [4] [5] % of total population Area (km 2) [4] Area (sq mi)
Dubai International Airport [2] DXB Dubai: Dubai: OMDB Al Minhad Air Base [6] NHD Dubai ... Sharjah: Sharjah: OMSJ Sir Bani Yas Airport [5] XSB ...