Nahwa
Nahwa is a territory that forms part of the Emirate of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates. It is a counter-enclave within the Omani territory of Madha, which is itself an exclave of Oman and an enclave within the United Arab Emirates.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town
- Description: village in United Arab Emirates
- Also known as: “Nahawa”, “Nahwá”, “Nahwā”, “Nahwah”, “Naḩwah”, and “Sha’biyyāt Nahwā”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shis and Madha.
Shis
Town
Photo: IbrahimKumar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Shis is the name of a settlement to the East of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. It is the westernmost district of Khor Fakkan Municipality. The village of Shis was previously accessible only by a track leading from the East Coast up the Wadi Shis, a seasonal watercourse that passes through the Omani exclave of Madha and the Emirati exclave of Nahwa, itself enclosed by the Omani exclave. Shis is situated 4½ km northwest of Nahwa.
Madha
Photo: IbrahimKumar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Madha is an exclave of Oman that is completely surrounded by the Fujairah emirate of the United Arab Emirates.
Qidfa
Suburb
Qidfa is a settlement and oasis in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates. It is the site of the Fujairah power and desalination plant, the largest in the UAE. Qidfa is situated 8 km east of Nahwa.
Nahwa
- Categories: village, enclave, exclave, border city, and locality
- Location: Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
25.27372° or 25° 16′ 25″ northLongitude
56.28438° or 56° 17′ 4″ eastElevation
235 metres (771 feet)Open location code
7HQR77FM+FQOpenStreetMap ID
node 578244933OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Nahwa” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “النحوة”
- Bavarian: “Nahwa”
- Chinese: “那赫瓦”
- Dutch: “Nahwa”
- Egyptian Arabic: “النحوه”
- Estonian: “An-Naḩwah”
- Finnish: “Nahwa”
- French: “Nahwa”
- German: “Nahwa”
- Greek: “Νάχουα”
- Hebrew: “נחווה”
- Indonesian: “Nahwa”
- Italian: “Nahwa”
- Italian: “النحوة”
- Japanese: “ナワ”
- Korean: “나흐와”
- Lithuanian: “Nahva”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Nahwa”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nahwa”
- Norwegian: “Nahwa”
- Persian: “النحوة”
- Polish: “Nahwa”
- Portuguese: “Enclave de Nahwa”
- Portuguese: “Nahwa”
- Russian: “Нахва”
- Spanish: “Nahwa”
- Swedish: “Nahwa”
- Turkish: “Nahva”
- Turkish: “Nahwa”
- Urdu: “نحوہ”
- Vietnamese: “Nahwa”
- Yue Chinese: “那赫瓦”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Al Nahwa Old Hamlet and Al Maksar.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Jabal Al Raddah and Al Nahwah Cave.
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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 “Nahwa”. Photo: IbrahimKumar, CC BY-SA 4.0.