Middle East
UAE
Ras al Khaimah

Daftah

Daftah is a near in the emirate of , . The village is located on the to Fujairah highway, which follows a route along the .
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Town
  • Description: human settlement in United Arab Emirates
  • Also known as: “Daftā”, “Datta”, “Difta”, and “Diftah”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shis and Marbad.

Town
Photo: IbrahimKumar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is the name of a settlement to the East of , . It is the westernmost district of Municipality. The village of was previously accessible only by a track leading from the East Coast up the , a seasonal watercourse that passes through the exclave of and the Emirati exclave of , itself enclosed by the Omani exclave. is situated 7 km east of Daftah.

Town
Murbad is a settlement in . is situated 8 km northwest of Daftah.

The easternmost of the , is the only emirate not to have a coastline along the Persian Gulf. It is also the youngest of the emirates: it only became independent from in 1952.

Daftah

Latitude
25.26715° or 25° 16′ 2″ north
Longitude
56.17784° or 56° 10′ 40″ east
Elevation
383 metres (1,257 feet)
Open location code
7HQR758H+V4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5616999659
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
292301
Wiki­data ID
Q3695961
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Daftah” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “دفتا”
  • Arabic: “دفتة”
  • Dutch: “Daftah”
  • French: “Dafta”
  • German: “Dafta”
  • Malayalam: “ദഫ്താഹ്”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Daftah”
  • Persian: “دفته”
  • Polish: “Dafta”
  • Spanish: “Daftah”
  • Spanish: “Diftah”
  • Uzbek: “Dafta”
  • Western Panjabi: “دفتہ”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include مسجد دفتا and Jabal Salḩāl.

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