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[2] [5] It is the site of Khor Fakkan Container Terminal, the only natural deep-sea port in the region and one of the major container ports in the UAE. [2] [3] [6] The Port of Khor Fakkan faces the Emirate of Sharjah’s eastern seaboard, extending connections with Asia and the Far East. This port is one of the Emirate’s three ports. [7]
Sharjah Container Terminal, based in Port Khalid, which is a major import–export facility for industries located in Sharjah, in the UAE's industrial zones, and in the Northern Emirates, along with container facilities in Hamriyah Port. Hamriyah Port, located on the west coast of the UAE. A deepwater seaport located in the Hamriyah Free Zone ...
Najd Al Miqsar is a historical abandoned settlement west of Khor Fakkan in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (UAE). It sits on top of Wadi Shie mountains and overlooks the city of Khor Fakkan. It is now a heritage village and popular tourist spot, showcasing the past traditional housing lifestyle, local agricultural and community practices.
Dibba Al-Hisn has been an important site of maritime trade and settlement since the pre-Islamic era.Although there is slight information, mainly from tombs, of settlement during the later second millennium and early first millennium BCE, contemporary with such sites as Shimal, Tell Abraq and Rumeilah, and of scattered occupation during the period of al-Dur and Mileiha, most mention of Dibba is ...
Over 51% of the population were in the 20-39 age group, and Sharjah was the largest settlement with 1.6 million residents, followed by Khor Fakkan with 53,000 and Kalba with 51,000. [ 31 ] Free trade zones
Khor Fakkan: The $95 million Chedi Khor Fakkan was first announced in 2011 with a launch date of 2015 [30] and remains to be completed as at 2018. [31] A number of development projects have taken place on Khor Fakkan's Corniche, [32] the latest of which is a mixed-use upgrade of the entire length of the Corniche by Shurooq. [33]
The rest area and tourist facilities were built alongside the dam as part of the Sharjah-Khor Fakkan highway (S 142) project, a 14-year project to connect the interior of Sharjah with the UAE's east coast. [1] [2] The project included the restoration of the Heritage village of Najd Al Miqsar. [8]
Julfar is mentioned by Portuguese explorer Duarte Barbosa as a major entrepot, and Barbosa (writing in 1518) also mentions Julfar's successor settlement, Ras Al Khaimah - evidence of a period of contiguity: "Passing above this place Profam [Khor Fakkan], we come to another called Julfar, where dwell persons of worth, great navigators and ...