Al Dafain

Al Dafain is a town in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Al Dafain is situated nearby to the town Al Khawālid, as well as near the village Tawi Ghadaya.

Type: Town
Description: village in UAE
Also known as: “Ad Dafin”, “Dafain”, “Dafin”, and “Sha’biyyat Ad Dafin”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Al Thuqeibah.

Al Thuqeibah

Archaeological site

Photo: Alexandermcnabb, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Al Thuqeibah is an Iron Age archaeological site located near the town of Al Madam in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. The site was originally excavated by teams from the Autonomous University of Madrid in the mid-1990s. Al Thuqeibah is situated 2½ km southeast of Al Dafain.

Al Dafain

Categories: village and locality
Location: Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude

24.9648° or 24° 57′ 53″ north

Longitude

55.77955° or 55° 46′ 46″ east

Elevation

174 metres (571 feet)

Open location code

7HPQXQ7H+WR

OpenStreetMap ID

node 12249280362

OpenStreetMap feature

place=town

GeoNames ID

13117769

Wikidata ID

Q130527389

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Satellite Map

Discover Al Dafain from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Arabic to Spanish—“Al Dafain” goes by many names.

Arabic: “الدفين”
French: “Al Dafain”
Spanish: “Ad Dafin”
Spanish: “Al Dafain”
Spanish: “Dafain”
Spanish: “Dafin”
Spanish: “Sha’biyyat Ad Dafin”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Al Khawālid and Tawi Ghadaya.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Jabal Buhais and Al Madam Police Station.

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