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Ajman was the first emirate in the UAE to offer 100% freehold to global investors, in 2004. [ 17 ] [ 85 ] [ 86 ] This led to real estate prices rising rapidly, from $11 per square foot and, by 2007, developers had announced projects worth $21.78 billion, consisting of around 65,000 units in all.
Earlier, the physical separation of the southern portion of Oman from its territory on the Musandam Peninsula was a source of friction between Oman and the various neighboring emirates that became the UAE in 1971. Differences over the disputed territory appeared to have subsided after the onset of the Iran–Iraq War in 1980.
The border consists of four straight lines: the first begins in the west on the coast at the Sumayrah Gulf just west of the UAE's Ras Khumays (Ghumais) peninsula, proceeding southwards for 26 km (16 mi); the second is orientated NW-SE and runs for 166 km (103 mi); the third is orientated NW-SE and runs for 265 km (164 mi); and the fourth is orientated SW-NE and runs for 12 km (7 mi) up to the ...
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The northern section of the border divides the Omani exclave of Musandam from the UAE Emirates of Fujairah and Ras Al Khaimah.This peninsula commands the strategic Strait of Hormuz, with the Oman-UAE border consisting of a series of irregular, though roughly horizontal, lines running through mountainous terrain, from the western Persian Gulf coast to the eastern Gulf of Oman coast.
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 ]
Ajman International Airport (Arabic: مطار عجمان الدولي) is an upcoming airport which is currently a construction project in Ajman, the smallest emirate of the United Arab Emirates. [1] Ajman is surrounded on its landlocked north, south and eastern borders by Sharjah. The airport is being constructed in the eastern district of ...
The United Arab Emirates has an embassy in Amman, and Jordan maintains an embassy in Abu Dhabi and a consulate-general in Dubai. Both countries are part of the Middle East region and share close cultural ties. Most notably, Princess Haya bint Al Hussein of Dubai is of Jordanian origin.