Ruwais
Ruwais is a small town rapidly developing into a city in the western part of the emirate of Abu Dhabi, about 240 km west of the city of Abu Dhabi.
- Type: Town with 25,000 residents
- Description: human settlement
- Also known as: “Al Dhannah”, “Al Ruwais”, “al-Ruways”, “Ar Ru’ays”, “Ruweis”, and “Рувайс”
Ruwais
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Al Ruwais, Al Dhafra Region, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
24.0858° or 24° 5′ 9″ north
Longitude
52.7208° or 52° 43′ 15″ east
Population
25,000
Elevation
16 metres (52 feet)
UN/LOCODE
AE RUW
Open location code
7HPJ3PPC+88
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Ruwais” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الرويس”
- Catalan: “Ruwais”
- Cebuano: “Ar Ruways”
- Central Kurdish: “زەننەت”
- Chinese: “魯瓦斯”
- Chinese: “鲁瓦斯”
- Dutch: “Ruwais”
- Egyptian Arabic: “الرويس”
- French: “Ruwais”
- German: “Ruwais”
- Malayalam: “റുവൈസ്”
- Mazanderani: “رویس”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ruwais”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ruwais”
- Norwegian: “Ruwais”
- Persian: “الرویس”
- Portuguese: “Ruais”
- Portuguese: “Ruwais”
- Russian: “Ар-Руваис”
- Russian: “Эр-Рувайс”
- Spanish: “Ruwais”
- Swedish: “ar-Ruways”
- Swedish: “Ar-Ruways”
- Tagalog: “Ruwais”
- Urdu: “الرویس”
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