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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.
Khatmat Malaha is a 24-hour border crossing between the United Arab Emirates and Oman. [1] In Oman, the Batinah Expressway, a 256km 8-lane highway, links the Muscat Expressway in Halban to the UAE border at Khatmat Malaha. [2] Wajaja is an alternative border crossing. [1]
The Omani territory of Madha (Arabic: مَدْحَاء, romanized: madḥāʾ) or Wādī Madḥāʾ (Arabic: وَادِي مَدْحَاء) is an exclave of the Musandam Governorate, enclaved by the United Arab Emirates (UAE); inside it, there is a second-order enclave: Nahwa, which is part of the UAE Emirate of Sharjah.
The town of Al-Buraimi is an oasis town in northwestern Oman, on the border of the United Arab Emirates. Al Ain is an adjacent city on the UAE side of the border. Both settlements are part of the historical region of Tawam [3] or Al-Buraimi Oasis. [4] For many decades, there had been an open border between Al-Buraimi located in Oman and Al-Ain.
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Al Buraimi (Arabic: ٱلْبُرَيْمِي, romanized: Al-Buraymī) is an oasis city and a wilayah in northern Oman, on the border with the U.A.E. It is the capital of Al Buraimi Governorate and is located approximately 343 km (213 miles) from the national capital Muscat.
While Madha chose Oman, Nahwa chose to stay loyal to Al Qawasim of Sharjah, effectively making them a counter enclave within the exclave of Madha. Following consultations between the area's tribes and Julian F. Walker , the British representative to the Trucial States , the borders were established and later finalized in 1969.
Oman–United Arab Emirates border crossings (3 C, 12 P) M. Musandam Peninsula (1 C, 5 P) Pages in category "Oman–United Arab Emirates border"