Abu Dhabi
Al Dhafra Region
Al Ruwais

Ruwais

Ruwais is a small town developing into a city in the western part of the , about 240 km west of the city of .
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  • Type: Town with 25,000 residents
  • Description: human settlement
  • Also known as: “Al Dhannah”, “Al Ruwais”, and “Ar Ru’ays”

Ruwais

Latitude
24.0858° or 24° 5′ 9″ north
Longitude
52.7208° or 52° 43′ 15″ east
Population
25,000
Elevation
16 metres (52 feet)
United Nations Location Code
AE RUW
Open location code
7HPJ3PPC+88
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6279196240
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
292688
Wiki­data ID
Q1023786
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Ruwais” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الرويس”
  • Catalan: “Ruwais”
  • Cebuano: “Ar Ruways”
  • Chinese: “魯瓦斯”
  • Chinese: “鲁瓦斯”
  • Dutch: “Ruwais”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الرويس”
  • German: “Ruwais”
  • German: “Ruweis”
  • Malayalam: “റുവൈസ്”
  • Mazanderani: “رویس”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ruwais”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ruwais”
  • Norwegian: “Ruwais”
  • Persian: “الرویس”
  • Portuguese: “Ruais”
  • Portuguese: “Ruwais”
  • Russian: “Ар-Руваис”
  • Russian: “Рувайс”
  • Russian: “Эр-Рувайс”
  • Spanish: “Ruwais”
  • Swedish: “al-Ruways”
  • Swedish: “ar-Ruways”
  • Swedish: “Ar-Ruways”
  • Tagalog: “Ruwais”
  • Urdu: “الرویس”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Ruwais”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.