Wadi Sharm
Wadi Sharm is a valley or dry river with flow ephemeral or intermittent, flowing almost exclusively during the rainy season, located in the northeast of the United Arab Emirates, in the Emirate of Fujairah.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Wadi
- Description: wadi in the United Arab Emirates
- Also known as: “Ghalīlat Da‘‘ān”, “Wadi Sharam”, and “Wādī Sharm”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Al Badiyah Mosque.
Al Badiyah Mosque
Mosque
Al-Bidya Mosque is a historical mosque in the Emirate of Fujairah, the U.A.E. It was the oldest known mosque in the country, prior to the discovery in September 2018 of the ruins of a 1000-year-old mosque dating back to the Islamic Golden Age, near the Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Mosque in the city of Al Ain, Emirate of Abu Dhabi. Al Badiyah Mosque is situated 3 km south of Wadi Sharm.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Al Aqah and Zubarah.
Al Aqah
Town
Al Aqah is a coastal town located in the Emirate of Fujairah, United Arab Emirates. The area is located 50 km north of the city of Fujairah and directly overlooks the Gulf of Oman. Al Aqah is situated 4 km north of Wadi Sharm.
Zubarah
Suburb
Zubarah is a coastal suburb to the North of Khor Fakkan, Sharjah, in the United Arab Emirates. It is the northernmost district of Khor Fakkan municipality. Zubarah is situated 7 km south of Wadi Sharm.
Wadi Sharm
- Categories: wadi and body of water
- Location: Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Wadi Sharm” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “وادي شرم”
- Cebuano: “Ghalīlat Da‘‘ān”
- French: “Sharm”
- German: “Sharm”
- Spanish: “Ghalīlat Da‘‘ān”
- Spanish: “Wadi Sharam”
- Spanish: “Wadi Sharm”
- Spanish: “Wādī Sharm”
- Swedish: “Ghalīlat Da‘‘ān”
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About Mapcarta. 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 “Wadi Sharm”. Photo: IbrahimKumar, CC BY-SA 4.0.