Middle East
UAE
Ras al Khaimah

Wadi Shawka

Wadi Shawka is a seasonal watercourse in the Hajar Mountains of , in the . Famous locally for the Shawka Dam, a renowned beauty spot and destination for outdoor sports, the has long been an agricultural area and alongside existing farms, and many abandoned settlements exist on the sides of the wadi.
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  • Type: Wadi
  • Description: river valley in Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates
  • Also known as: “Wadi Shawkah”, “Wādī Shawkah”, “Wadi Shawqa”, “Wādī Shokah”, and “Wadi Showka”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shawkah and Mleiha.

Village
Shawka is a village in , United Arab Emirates. It is a popular hiking destination, noted for the popular hiking areas around the wadi Shawka and the Shawka Dam. is situated 6 km southeast of Wadi Shawka.

Town
, also Mileiha or Malaihah, is a town in the , the with a population of 4,768, located some 25 km south of the inland Sharjah town of . is situated 10 km west of Wadi Shawka.

Wadi Shawka

Latitude
25.12943° or 25° 7′ 46″ north
Longitude
55.97977° or 55° 58′ 47″ east
Elevation
192 metres (630 feet)
Open location code
7HQQ4XHH+QW
Geo­Names ID
389986
Wiki­data ID
Q104864349
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Spanish—“Wadi Shawka” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “وادي شوكة”
  • Cebuano: “Wādī Shawkah (wadi sa Nagkahiusang Emiradang Arabo)”
  • Cebuano: “Wādī Shawkah”
  • Chinese: “瓦迪肖卡”
  • Malayalam: “വാദി ഷൌക”
  • Persian: “وادی شوقه”
  • Spanish: “Wadi Shawka”
  • Spanish: “Wadi Shawkah”
  • Spanish: “Wādī Shawkah”
  • Spanish: “Wadi Shawqa”
  • Spanish: “Wādī Shokah”
  • Spanish: “Wadi Showka”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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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 Shawka”. Photo: IbrahimKumar, CC BY-SA 4.0.