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Kharran is a suburb of the city of Ras Al Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). It is the location of the Saqr Public Park, the oldest and largest family entertainment park in the emirate. The park encompasses an area of 280 dunums and facilities include restaurants, boating lakes and train rides for children. [1]
The town was originally a tidal island and, by 1830, was home to some 200 people mostly occupied in pearl fishing. [4] At the time, it was a dependency of Sharjah. [5]The Sheikh of Jazira Al Hamra in 1820, Rajib bin Ahmed al-Zaabi, was one of four independent signatories to the original 1820 treaty between the Trucial States and the British, following the 1819 punitive expedition mounted ...
Al Hamra (Arabic: ٱلْحَمْرَاء, romanized: Al-Ḥamrāʾ) is a 400-year-old town in the region Ad Dakhiliyah, in northeastern Oman. [1] As a province (wilayat), it is home to a number of villages including the mountainside village of Misfat Al Abryeen, with the village of Ghul to the northwest of the town, and Bimah to the north-northeast. [2]
Ras Al Khaimah (Arabic: رَأْس ٱلْخَيْمَة), often referred to its initials RAK is the largest city and capital of the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The city had a population of 400,000 in 2023, [ 3 ] and is the sixth-most populous city in UAE after Dubai , Abu Dhabi , Sharjah , Al Ain and Ajman .
Al Marjan Island is a group of 4 coral-shaped islands in a man-made archipelago located in Al Jazirah Al Hamra, Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah, in the Persian Gulf. It is administered by the Al Marjan Island Company . [ 1 ]
Al Qusaidat Ras Al Khaimah: Al Qor Ras Al Khaimah: Al Salamah Umm al-Quwain: Al Shuwaib Abu Dhabi: Al Rafaah: 2,704 Umm al-Quwain: Al Rashidya Umm al-Quwain: Al Ruwayyah: 6,984 Dubai: Al Yahar Abu Dhabi: Asimah Ras Al Khaimah: Dalma: 5,000 Abu Dhabi: Dadna Fujairah: Digdaga Ras Al Khaimah: Falaj Al Mualla: 4,253 Umm al-Quwain: Ghalilah Ras Al ...
Ras Al Khaimah has been the site of continuous human habitation for 7,000 years, one of the few places in the country and the world where this is the case, [8] and there are many historical and archaeological sites throughout the emirate - local sources cite 1,000 [9] - dating from different time periods, including remnants of the Umm Al Nar Culture (3rd millennium BC). [10]
Al Hamraniyah (Arabic: الحمرانية) is a settlement and agricultural area in Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates, immediately to the West of Ras Al Khaimah International Airport. Hamraniyah is a popular area for birdwatching, and the only place in the UAE where European Bee-eater, European Roller, Common Starling and Spanish Sparrows ...