Al Dhafra Region
Al Dhafra Region, known until 2017 as Al Gharbia or the Western Region, is one of three Municipal Regions in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. Forming the western part of the United Arab Emirates, it is by far the largest region by area, occupying 71 % of the Abu…| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: human settlement with 319,000 residents
- Description: municipal region of Abu Dhabi
- Also known as: “Al Dhafra”, “Al Dhafra Municipality”, “Al Dhafra, Abu Dhabi”, and “Western Region”
- Historically known as: “Al Gharbia”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Zayed City.
Zayed City
Town
Photo: Rizwan Ullah Wazir, CC BY 3.0.
Madīnat Zāyid is the largest city and the administrative centre of Al Dhafra, the westernmost and largest region in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. The township was established in 1968 by Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the late Ruler of Abu Dhabi and President of the UAE.
Al Dhafra Region
- Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Al Dhafra Region” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “المنطقة الغربية - أبوظبي”
- Arabic: “المنطقة الغربية”
- Arabic: “المنطقه الغربيه (أبوظبي)”
- Arabic: “منطقة الظفرة”
- Catalan: “Al Dhafra”
- Chinese: “艾爾加比亞”
- Chinese: “迪哈夫拉”
- Chinese: “迪哈夫拉区”
- Chinese: “達夫拉”
- Chinese: “達夫拉區”
- Czech: “Al Dhafra”
- Czech: “Al Gharbia”
- Czech: “Západní region”
- Japanese: “アル・ダフラ”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Al Gharbia”
- Russian: “Аль-Дафра”
- Russian: “Эд-Дафра”
- Russian: “Эль-Дафра”
- Spanish: “Región de Al Dhafra”
- Turkish: “Ez-Zafra”
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