Middle East
Oman
Al Buraimi Governorate

Hamasa

Hamasa is an area in the in on the Oman–United Arab Emirates border. Hamasa, for the period of 200 years, was the capital of the Buraimi district.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Hamlet
  • Description: human settlement in Oman
  • Also known as: “Ḩamāsā”, “Hamasah”, “Ḩamāsah”, and “Ḩamāsah, Hamasah”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Al Ain National Museum and Al Ain Mall.

Museum
Photo: Jpbowen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Al Ain Museum, also known as Al Ain Museum, is a in the city of , within the , the . is situated 3½ km south of Hamasa.

Shopping center
is a shopping and entertainment center in , , United Arab Emirates. The Mall was established as Al Ain's first shopping mall in 2001 with around a hundred retail outlets. is situated 3½ km southeast of Hamasa.

Mosque
, also known as Al Ain Grand Mosque, Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Grand Mosque, or simply the Sheikh Khalifa Mosque, is the largest in the city of in the , and one of the largest mosques in the . is situated 3 km southwest of Hamasa.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Buraimi and Al Ain.

Photo: Bdell555, Public domain.
Al is an oasis city and a wilayah in northern , on the border with the It is the capital of and is located approximately 343 km from the national capital .

Photo: Captainofhope, CC BY 3.0.
is the garden city of . This oasis town is next to, and virtually merged with, the Omani town of . The "Cultural Sites of " have been inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list.

Hamasa

Latitude
24.24866° or 24° 14′ 55″ north
Longitude
55.76609° or 55° 45′ 58″ east
Elevation
289 metres (948 feet)
Open location code
7HPQ6QX8+FC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1720852667
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
288122
Wiki­data ID
Q5644119
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Hamasa” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “حماسا”
  • Arabic: “حماسة القديمة”
  • Arabic: “حماسة”
  • Dutch: “Hamasa”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “حماسه”
  • French: “Hamasah”
  • German: “Hamasah”
  • Irish: “Hamasa”
  • Japanese: “ハマサ”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hamasa”
  • Uzbek: “Hamasa”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include al-Khandaq Fort and Buraimi Market.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Hamasa”. Photo: Alfred Weidinger, CC BY 2.0.