Middle East
UAE
Ras al Khaimah

Shimal

Shimal is a settlement in , . It is associated with the Shihuh tribe of the Northern UAE and and with the foundation of the Islamic era port of , and was once the seat of the Ruler of Julfar.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Residential area
  • Description: human settlement in United Arab Emirates
  • Also known as: “Shimāl”, “Shimil”, and “شمال جلفار”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hudaibah and Rams.

Suburb
is a suburb of the city of , . is situated 5 km southwest of Shimal.

Suburb
is a suburb of in the . Once a pearl diving and fishing community that frequently disputed the rule of Ras Al Khaimah, today it forms the northern coastal settlement of the city. is situated 7 km north of Shimal.

Town
Photo: IbrahimKumar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a town, which is situated 7 km east of Shimal.

Shimal

Latitude
25.81948° or 25° 49′ 10″ north
Longitude
56.03142° or 56° 1′ 53″ east
Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)
Open location code
7HQRR29J+QH
Open­Street­Map ID
way 513391275
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­residential
Geo­Names ID
290795
Wiki­data ID
Q7496816
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Persian—“Shimal” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “شمال”
  • Arabic: “شمل”
  • Dutch: “Shimal”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “شمال”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Shimal”
  • Persian: “شمال (راس‌الخیمه)”
  • Persian: “شمال”

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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 “Shimal”. Photo: Gr 0610, CC BY-SA 4.0.