Al Hayl

Al Hayl is a suburb of Fujairah, , at the mouth of the . The old village in the Wadi Hayl is traditionally the home of the Kunud tribe.
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  • Type: Village
  • Description: human settlement in United Arab Emirates
  • Also known as: Al Heel”, “Al Hel”, “Hail”, “Hayl”, “Ḩayl”, “Heel”, and “Sha’biyyat Al Ḥе̄l

Places of Interest

Highlights include Al Hayl Castle.

Castle
Al Hayl Fort is located in the , to the West of , in the . Constructed in 1932 by Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamdan Al Sharqi, the fort formed his principle residence for the following two decades.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hafarah and Tarif Kalba.

Village
Ahfara is a settlement in , , about ten kilometres south of . The Ahfara village was the subject of an arid land agricultural study in 2004 which mentioned livestock ranching in the area. is situated 9 km southeast of Al Hayl.

Village
Kalba is a city in the in the . It is an exclave of Sharjah lying on the coast north of . Khor Kalba, an important nature reserve and mangrove swamp, is located south of the town by the Omani border. is situated 9 km east of Al Hayl.

Al Hayl

Latitude
25.09253° or 25° 5′ 33″ north
Longitude
56.24389° or 56° 14′ 38″ east
Elevation
153 metres (502 feet)
Open location code
7HQR36VV+2H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1641518201
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
291925
Wiki­data ID
Q4704008
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Al Hayl” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: الحيل
  • Bengali: আল হায়েল
  • Dutch: Al Hayl
  • Egyptian Arabic: الحيل
  • Mazanderani: الحیل
  • Mazanderani: حائل
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Al Hayl
  • Persian: ال هایل
  • Persian: الحایل
  • Spanish: Al Hayl
  • Spanish: Al Heel
  • Spanish: Al Hel
  • Spanish: Hail
  • Spanish: Ḩayl
  • Spanish: Heel
  • Spanish: Sha’biyyat Al Ḥе̄l
  • Ukrainian: Аль-Хайл
  • Uzbek: Al-Hayl
  • Western Panjabi: الہائل

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include مسجد الحيل and Wadi Al Hail Dam. Reservoir.

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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 “Al Hayl”. Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.