Ras al-Khaimah

Ras Al Khaimah, often referred to its initials RAK, is an industrial port city and the largest city and capital of the in the .
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  • Type: City with 241,000 residents
  • Description: capital of Ras al-Khaimah, UAE
  • Also known as: “Culfar”, “Khaimah”, “Ra’s al Khaymah”, “Ra’s al-Chajma (mesto)”, “RAK”, “Ras Al Khaimah”, “Ras Al Khaimah (RAK)”, “Ras Al Khaimah City”, “Ras al-Khaymah”, “Ras el-Kheima”, “Ras ul Khuma”, “Raʾs al-Khayma”, “Resü’l Hayme”, “Shah, Ras al-Khaimah”, “Ջուլֆար”, “رأس الخيمه (مدينه)”, “مدينة رأس الخيمة”, “라스 알 카이마”, and “拉斯海马”
  • Historically known as: “Julfa”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Al Saqr Field Airport and RAK Hospital.

Aerodrome
This is a list of in the , sorted by location.

Hospital
, part of Arabian Healthcare Group, is a private hospital in the .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Khuzam and Hudaibah.

Suburb
is a suburb of the city of Ras Al Khaimah, in the .

Suburb
is a suburb of the city of Ras Al Khaimah, .

Ras al-Khaimah

Latitude
25.7738° or 25° 46′ 26″ north
Longitude
55.9382° or 55° 56′ 18″ east
Population
241,000
Elevation
2 metres (7 feet)
Abbreviation
“RAK City”
IATA airport code
RKT
UN/LOCODE
AE RKT
Open location code
7HQQQWFQ+G7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 262479317
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
291074
Wiki­data ID
Q2126436
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Yue Chinese—“Ras al-Khaimah” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ራስ አል ኃይማህ”
  • Arabic: “رَأْس ٱلْخَيْمَة”
  • Arabic: “رأس الخيمة”
  • Armenian: “Ռաս ալ-Խայմա”
  • Armenian: “Ռաս-ալ-Խայմա”
  • Asturian: “Ras al-Khaimah”
  • Azerbaijani: “Ras Əl-Xayma”
  • Basque: “Ras al-Khaima”
  • Belarusian: “Рас-эль-Хайма”
  • Bengali: “রাস আল খাইমাহ”
  • Catalan: “Ras al-Khaimah”
  • Cebuano: “Ras al-Khaimah”
  • Central Kurdish: “ڕەئسولخەیمە”
  • Chinese: “哈伊馬角”
  • Chinese: “哈伊马角”
  • Chinese: “拉斯海玛”
  • Croatian: “Ras al-Hajma”
  • Czech: “Rás al-Chajma”
  • Danish: “Ras al-Khaimah”
  • Dutch: “Ras al-Khaimah”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “راس الخيمه”
  • Esperanto: “Rasalĥajmo”
  • French: “Ras al-Khaïma”
  • French: “Ras el Khaïmah”
  • Georgian: “რას-ალ-ხაიმა (ქალაქი)”
  • Georgian: “რას-ალ-ხაიმა”
  • German: “Ra’s al-Chaima”
  • Greek: “Ρας αλ Χαϊμά”
  • Hausa: “Ras Al Khaimah”
  • Hebrew: “ראס אל-ח’ימה”
  • Hebrew: “ראס אל-חיימה”
  • Hindi: “रास अल खैमा”
  • Hindi: “रास अल खैमाह”
  • Hungarian: “Rász el-Haima”
  • Indonesian: “Ras Al Khaimah”
  • Indonesian: “Ras al-Khaimah”
  • Italian: “Ras Al Khayma”
  • Japanese: “ラアス・アル＝ハイマ市”
  • Japanese: “ラス・アル・ハイマ”
  • Javanese: “Ras Al Khaimah”
  • Kannada: “ರಃಸ್ ಅಲ್ ಖೈಮಾ”
  • Kazakh: “Рас Әл-Хайма”
  • Kazakh: “Рас-әл-Хайма”
  • Kirghiz: “Рас-аль-Хайма”
  • Korean: “라스알카이마”
  • Latvian: “Rāselhaima”
  • Lithuanian: “Ras al Chaima”
  • Macedonian: “Рас ал-Хајма”
  • Malagasy: “Ras al-Khaimah”
  • Malay: “Ras Al Khaimah”
  • Malay: “Ras al-Khaimah”
  • Malayalam: “റാസൽഖൈമ”
  • Marathi: “रस अल-खैमा”
  • Mazanderani: “رأس‌الخیمه (شهر)”
  • Mazanderani: “رأس‌الخیمه”
  • Mingrelian: “რას-ელ-ხაიმა”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Shah i Ras al-Khaimah”
  • Oromo: “Ras Al Khaimah”
  • Ossetian: “Рас-эль-Хаймæ (сахар)”
  • Ossetian: “Рас-эль-Хаймæ”
  • Panjabi: “ਰਾਸ ਅਲ ਖੈਮਾ”
  • Persian: “رأس الخیمه”
  • Persian: “رأس‌الخیمه”
  • Polish: “Ras al-Chajma”
  • Portuguese: “Ras Al Khaimah”
  • Portuguese: “Ras al-Khaimah”
  • Portuguese: “Recoima”
  • Pushto: “راس الخيمة”
  • Romanian: “Ras al-Khaimah”
  • Russian: “Рас-эль-Хайма”
  • Serbian: “Рас ел Хајма”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ras al-Kajma”
  • Slovak: “Rás al-Chajmá (mesto)”
  • Slovak: “Rás al-Chajmá”
  • Slovenian: “Ras al Hajma”
  • Somali: “Ras Al Khaimah”
  • Spanish: “Ras al Jaima”
  • Spanish: “Ras Al Khaimah”
  • Spanish: “Ras al-Jaima”
  • Spanish: “Ras al-Khaimah”
  • Swahili: “Ras Al Khaimah”
  • Swedish: “Ras al Khaimah”
  • Swedish: “Ras al-Khaimah”
  • Tajik: “Рас-аль-Хайма”
  • Tamil: “ரஃஸ் அல்-கைமா நகரம்”
  • Tatar: “Рас-әл-Хайма”
  • Tatar: “Рәэсел-Хәймә”
  • Turkish: “Resü’l-Hayme”
  • Turkish: “Resülhayme”
  • Ukrainian: “Рас-ель-Хайма”
  • Urdu: “راس الخیمہ”
  • Uzbek: “Ras Al Khaimah”
  • Uzbek: “Ras al-Xayma”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Ras al-Khaimah”
  • Yue Chinese: “拉斯海瑪”

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