Ras al-Khaimah

Ras al-Khaimah إمارة رأس الخيمة
Emirate
Emirate o Ras al-Khaimah
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Ras al-Khaimah Location o Ras al-Khaimah in the UAE
Coordinates: 25°47′N 55°57′E
Govrenment
• Teep	Absolute monarchy
• Emir	Saud bin Saqr al Qasimi
• Croun Prince	Mohammed bin Saud al Qasimi
Area
• Total	1683 km2 (650 sq mi)
Population  (2008)
• Total	263,217

Ras al-Khaimah (Arabic: رأس الخيمة‎ Rā's al Ḫaima, Scots: The Top o the Tent) is ane o the emirates o the Unitit Arab Emirates (UAE), in the east o the Persie Gulf. It is in the northren pairt o the UAE borderin Oman's exclave. The emirate o Ras Al Khaimah covers an aurie o 1,700 square km. The caipital ceety an hame o maist residents is cried Ras al-Khaimah an aw. The ceety haes a population o 263,217 as o 2008. The ceety haes twa main sections, Auld Ras Al Khaimah an Nakheel, on either side o a creek. It is servit bi the Ras Al Khaimah Internaitional Airport. Apairt frae the northren pairt whaur the ceety o Ras Al Khaimah is situatit, it haes ane lairge enclave in the sooth near Hatta an aw, an a few smaw islands on the Persie Gulf.

Important touns, settlements an auries include:

• Jazirat Al Hamra - an auld costal toun wi numerous real estate projects an industrial zone
• Rams – a coastal toun, in the past a typical fishermen an pearl diver veelage
• Khor Khuwair - an industrial zone, wi the lairgest port in Ras Al Khaimah an numerous companies such as cement factory
• Diqdaqah – a veelage kent for agricultur activities
• Khatt - a veelage surroondit bi the muntains, famous for its thermal springs an palm gardens
• Masafi – a toun in the soothren pairt o Ras Al Khaimah, weel kent for drinkin water
• Huwaylat - a central veelage in the soothren pairt o Ras Al Khaimah

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