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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 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 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 ]
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 ...
The Ras Al Khaimah Transport Authority (Arabic: هيئة رأس الخيمة للمواص), commonly known as RAKTA, is the sole major independent government roads & transportation authority in the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates. It was founded in 2008 to improve transportation around the Emirate, it also serves public ...
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 .
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]
Khatt is a mountainous village south-east of the city of Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates. Famous for its hot springs, [ 1 ] and latterly home to a spa hotel, [ 2 ] there is evidence that Khatt has been a site of constant human settlement since the stone age – a record of over 5,000 years of occupation.