Baqal
Baqal is a small agricultural and livestock town, located in the northeast of the U.A.E., in the Hajar Mountains of the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah. The town extends along a small plateau, at the foot of a hill, at about 860 m, on the limit of the drainage divide between the drainage basin of Wadi Naqab and Wadi Nahela, very close to Jabal Baqal.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hamlet
- Description: human settlement in United Arab Emirates
- Also known as: “Al Baqqāl”, “Baqāl”, “Baqal, Ras Al Khaimah”, “Baqqāl”, “Deira Al Baqqal”, and “Dirat Al Baqal”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Deira al Tala and Dirat al-Ba’iybah.
Dirat al-Ba’iybah
Hamlet
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Dirat al-Ba’iybah is a hamlet, which is situated 4½ km northeast of Baqal.
Silay Al Khatami
Hamlet
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Silay Al Khatami is a small agricultural and livestock village, located in the northeast of the United Arab Emirates, in the Hajar Mountains, Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah. Silay Al Khatami is situated 7 km northeast of Baqal.
Baqal
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Ras al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
25.69003° or 25° 41′ 24″ northLongitude
56.08821° or 56° 5′ 18″ eastElevation
860 metres (2,822 feet)Open location code
7HQRM3RQ+27OpenStreetMap ID
node 10666009982OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Western Panjabi—“Baqal” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Baqal, Ras al-Khaimah”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Baqal i Ras al-Khaimah”
- Persian: “بقل”
- Spanish: “Al Baqqāl”
- Spanish: “Baqal”
- Spanish: “Baqāl”
- Spanish: “Baqqāl”
- Spanish: “Deira Al Baqqal”
- Spanish: “Dirat Al Baqal”
- Uzbek: “Baqal”
- Western Panjabi: “بقل”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Jabal Baqqāl and Wadi Madnan Dry Falls.
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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 “Baqal”. Photo: IbrahimKumar, CC0.