Al Heera

Al Heera is a suburb in Northern Sharjah in the , traditionally home to the Al Bu Shamis section of the Na'im tribe. At one stage declaring its independence from Sharjah, with its own Sheikh, it formally became part of the Emirate of Sharjah in 1942 on the death of its Ruler, Abdulrahman bin Muhammad Al Shamsi.
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  • Locality
  • Description: human settlement in United Arab Emirates
  • Also known as
    “Al Haira”
    “Al Hairah”
    “Al Ḩayrah”
    “Al-Ḥīrah”
    “Hair”
    “Haira”
    “Hayrah”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sharjah and Al Nahda.
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is the third largest city in the and the capital of .
is a residential locality in , . is situated 10 km southwest of Al Heera.

Al Heera

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Latitude
25.38148° or 25° 22′ 53″ north
Longitude
55.41955° or 55° 25′ 10″ east
Open location code
7HQQ9CJ9+HR
Geo­Names ID
292850
Wiki­data ID
Q4704012

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Al Heera” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الحيرة (الشارقة)”
  • Arabic: “الحيرة”
  • Dutch: “Al Hayrah”
  • Hebrew: “אל-הירה”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Al Heera”
  • Persian: “ال هیراه”
  • Persian: “الهیراه”
  • Urdu: “الحیرہ (شارجہ)”
  • Urdu: “الحیرہ”
  • Western Panjabi: “الہائرہ”

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