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Ras al Khaimah

Ras al Khaimah is the most northern of the seven emirates of the , and borders the Omani exclave . Ras al Khaimah, colloquially known as RAK, is commonly referred to as the adventure hub of the United Arab Emirates and the Arabian…
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  • Type: State with 400,000 residents
  • Description: emirate of United Arab Emirates
  • Also known as: “Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah”, “Imārat Ra’s al Khaymah”, “RAK”, “Ras Al Khaimah”, “Ras Al-Khaimah”, and “Raʼs al Khaymah”
  • Neighbors: , , , and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ras Al Khaimah International Airport.

Aerodrome
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an located in , . The airport has two passenger terminal buildings as well as cargo, aircraft maintenance, and aviation training facilities.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Al Hamraniyah.

Locality
is a settlement and agricultural area in , , immediately to the West of .

Ras al Khaimah

Latitude
25.6193° or 25° 37′ 9″ north
Longitude
55.9224° or 55° 55′ 21″ east
Population
400,000
Elevation
12 metres (39 feet)
Abbreviation
“RAK”
Open location code
7HQQJW9C+PW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 13277432927
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
291075
Wiki­data ID
Q170024
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“Ras al Khaimah” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Ras el-Haima”
  • Albanian: “Ras el-Haime”
  • Arabic: “إمارة رأس الخيمة”
  • Arabic: “إماره رأس الخيمه”
  • Arabic: “امارة رأس الخيمة”
  • Arabic: “جلفار”
  • Arabic: “رأس الخيمة”
  • Arabic: “راس الخيمة”
  • Armenian: “Ռաս ալ-Խայմայի Էմիրություն”
  • Armenian: “Ռաս-ալ-Խայմայի էմիրություն”
  • Asturian: “Emiratu de Ras Al-Jaima”
  • Azerbaijani: “Ras Əl-Xayma (əmirlik)”
  • Azerbaijani: “Ras Əl-Xayma”
  • Basque: “Ras al-Khaima”
  • Basque: “Ras al-Khaimah”
  • Belarusian: “Рас-эль-Хайма”
  • Belarusian: “Эмірат Рас-эль-Хайма”
  • Bengali: “রাস আল খাইমাহ আমিরাত”
  • Bosnian: “Ras al-Khaimah (emirat)”
  • Bosnian: “Ras al-Khaimah”
  • Breton: “Ras al-Khaimah”
  • Bulgarian: “Рас Ал Хайм”
  • Bulgarian: “Рас ал-Хайм”
  • Bulgarian: “Рас ал-Хайма”
  • Catalan: “Djulfar”
  • Catalan: “Emirat de Ras al-Khaimah”
  • Catalan: “Ras al Khayma”
  • Catalan: “Ras al Khaymah”
  • Catalan: “Ras al-Kaymah”
  • Catalan: “Ras al-Khaimah”
  • Catalan: “Ras al-Khayma”
  • Catalan: “Ras al-Khaymah”
  • Cebuano: “Ra’s al Khaymah”
  • Cebuano: “Ras al-Khaimah”
  • Central Kurdish: “میرنشینی ڕەئسولخەیمە”
  • Chinese: “Ras al-Khaimah”
  • Chinese: “哈伊马角”
  • Chinese: “哈伊马角酋长国”
  • Chinese: “拉斯海玛酋长国”
  • Chinese: “拉斯海瑪酋長國”
  • Chinese: “拉斯海马酋长国”
  • Croatian: “Emirat Ras al-Hajma”
  • Croatian: “Ras al-Khaimah”
  • Czech: “Ras al Khaimah”
  • Czech: “Rás al-Chajma”
  • Danish: “Emiratet Ras al-Khaimah”
  • Danish: “Ras Al Khaimah”
  • Danish: “Ras al-Khaimah”
  • Dutch: “Ras al-Khaimah”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “راس الخيمة”
  • Esperanto: “Rasalĥajmo”
  • Estonian: “Ra’s al-Khaymah emiraat”
  • Estonian: “Ra’s al-Khaymah‘ emiraat”
  • Estonian: “Ra’s al-Khaymah’ emiraat”
  • Estonian: “Ra’s al-Khaymah”
  • Finnish: “Ra’s al-Khaima”
  • Finnish: “Ras Al Khaimah”
  • Finnish: “Ras al-Khaima”
  • Finnish: “Ras al-Khaiman emiraatti”
  • French: “Émirat de Ras el Khaïmah”
  • French: “Ras el Khaïmah”
  • Galician: “Emirato de Ras al-Khaimah”
  • Galician: “Ras al-Jaimah”
  • Galician: “Ras Al-Khaimah”
  • Galician: “رأس الخيمة”
  • German: “AE-RK”
  • German: “Emirat Ra’s al-Chaima”
  • German: “Khaimah”
  • German: “Ra’s al-Chaima”
  • German: “Ra’s al-Kaima”
  • German: “Ras al Chaima”
  • German: “Ras al khaimah”
  • German: “Ras al-Chaima”
  • German: “Ras al-kaimah”
  • German: “Ras al-Khaimah”
  • Greek: “Εμιράτο του Ρας αλ-Χαϊμά”
  • Greek: “Ρας Αλ Κάιμα”
  • Gujarati: “રાસ અલ-ખૈમાહ”
  • Hebrew: “ראס אל-ח’ימה”
  • Hindi: “रस अल खैमा”
  • Hindi: “रास अल खैमा”
  • Hungarian: “Rász el-Haima-i Emírség”
  • Hungarian: “Rász el-Haima”
  • Icelandic: “Ras al-Kaíma”
  • Indonesian: “Keamiran Ras al-Khaimah”
  • Indonesian: “Ras Al Khaimah”
  • Indonesian: “Ras al-Khaimah”
  • Italian: “Emirato di Ra’s al-Khayma”
  • Italian: “Ras al-Khaima”
  • Italian: “Ras Al-Khaimah”
  • Japanese: “ラアス・アル＝ハイマ”
  • Japanese: “ラス・アル・ハイマ”
  • Japanese: “ラスアルカイマ”
  • Japanese: “ラスアルハイマ”
  • Kannada: “ರಾಸ್ ಅಲ್ ಖೈಮಾ”
  • Kirghiz: “Рас-аль-Хайма (эмирлик)”
  • Kirghiz: “Рас-аль-Хайма”
  • Korean: “라스 알 카이마 토후국”
  • Korean: “라스알카이마 토후국”
  • Latvian: “Rāselhaima”
  • Latvian: “Rāselhaimas emirāts”
  • Lithuanian: “Ras al Chaima”
  • Lithuanian: “Ras al Haima”
  • Lombard: “Ras al-Khaimah”
  • Luxembourgish: “Ra’s al-Chaima”
  • Luxembourgish: “Ras al Chaima”
  • Macedonian: “Рас ел-Хајма”
  • Malagasy: “Ras al-Khaimah (emirata)”
  • Malagasy: “Ras al-Khaimah”
  • Malay: “Emiriah Ras al-Khaimah”
  • Malayalam: “ജുൽഫർ”
  • Malayalam: “റാസ് അൽ ഖൈമ”
  • Marathi: “रस अल-खैमा”
  • Marathi: “रास अल-खैमाह”
  • Mazanderani: “رأس‌الخیمه”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Ras al-Khaimah”
  • Mingrelian: “რას-ელ-ხაიმაშ საამირო”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Emiratet Ras al-Khaimah”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Emiratet Ras al-Khaimah”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ras al-Khaimah”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “رأس الخيمة”
  • Norwegian: “Ras al-Khaimah”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Ras al-Khaimah”
  • Ossetian: “Рас-эль-Хаймæ (эмират)”
  • Ossetian: “Рас-эль-Хаймæ”
  • Panjabi: “ਰਾਸ ਅਲ-ਖ਼ੈਮਾ”
  • Persian: “امارت رأس‌الخیمه”
  • Persian: “رأس الخیمه”
  • Persian: “رأس‌الخیمه”
  • Persian: “راس‌الخیمه”
  • Piemontese: “Ras al-Khaimah”
  • Polish: “Emirat Ras al-Chajma”
  • Polish: “Julfar”
  • Polish: “Ras al-Chajma”
  • Portuguese: “al Matãf”
  • Portuguese: “Julfar”
  • Portuguese: “Julufar”
  • Portuguese: “Ra’s al Khaymah”
  • Portuguese: “Ras al Khaimah”
  • Portuguese: “Ras al-Khaimah”
  • Portuguese: “Recoima”
  • Romanian: “Emiratul Ras al-Khaimah”
  • Romanian: “Ras Al-Khaimah”
  • Romanian: “Ras el Jaima”
  • Russian: “Рас эль-Хайма”
  • Russian: “Рас-Аль-Хайма”
  • Russian: “Рас-эль-Хайма эмират”
  • Russian: “Рас-эль-Хайма”
  • Russian: “Эмират Рас-эль-Хайма”
  • Scots: “Ras al-Khaimah”
  • Serbian: “Емират Рас ел Хајма”
  • Serbian: “Рас ел Хајма”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ras al-Kajma”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ras al-Khaimah”
  • Sinhala: “රස් අල් කයිමාහ්”
  • Sinhala: “රස් අල්- කයිමා”
  • Slovak: “Ra’s al-Chajma”
  • Slovak: “Rás al-Chajmá”
  • Slovenian: “AE-RK”
  • Slovenian: “Emirat Ras al Hajma”
  • Slovenian: “Emirat Ras Al Šajma”
  • Slovenian: “Ras Al Šajma”
  • Slovenian: “Ras al-Khaima”
  • Spanish: “Emirato de Ras al Jaima”
  • Spanish: “Ra’s al Jaymah”
  • Spanish: “Ra’s al-Jaymah”
  • Spanish: “Ras al Jaima”
  • Spanish: “Ras al Khaima”
  • Spanish: “Ras Al Khaimah”
  • Spanish: “Ras al-Jaima”
  • Spanish: “Ras al-Khaima”
  • Spanish: “Ras Al-Khaimah”
  • Spanish: “Ras el Jaima”
  • Spanish: “رأس الخيمة”
  • Swahili: “Ras al-Khaimah”
  • Swedish: “Ras al-Khayma”
  • Tagalog: “Ras al-Khaimah”
  • Tajik: “Раъсу-л-Хайма”
  • Tamil: “ரஃஸ் அல்-கைமா”
  • Tamil: “ராஸ் அல் -காய்மஹ்”
  • Tamil: “ராஸ் அல் கைமா”
  • Tatar: “Рәэсел-Хәймә”
  • Telugu: “రాస్ అల్-ఖైమా”
  • Thai: “รัฐเราะซุลคัยมะฮ์”
  • Turkish: “Resü’l-Hayme Emirliği”
  • Turkish: “Resü’l-Hayme”
  • Ukrainian: “Емірат Рас-ель-Хайма”
  • Ukrainian: “Рас-ель-Хайма”
  • Urdu: “امارت راس الخیمہ”
  • Urdu: “راس الخیمہ”
  • Vietnamese: “Ras Al Khaimah”
  • Vietnamese: “Ras al-Khaimah”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Emirato han Ras al-Khaimah”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Ras al-Kaimah”
  • Western Armenian: “Ռաս ալ Խայմա”
  • Western Panjabi: “راس الخیمہ”
  • Wu Chinese: “哈伊马角酋长国”
  • Yoruba: “Ras al Khaimah”
  • Yue Chinese: “拉斯海瑪酋長國”

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