Al Jazeerah Al Hamra
United Arab Emirates /
Ras al-Haymah /
World
/ United Arab Emirates
/ Ras al-Haymah
/ Ras al-Haymah
, 16 km from center (رأس الخيمة)
World / United Arab Emirates
AL JAZEERAH AL HAMRA (THE RED ISLAND), ALSO CALLED JAZEERAH AL-ZAAB (THE ISLAND OF THE AL ZAAB) IS THE MOST ANCIENT TOWN ON THE ARABIAN GULF, IT IS THE ONLY TRADITIONAL TOWN ON THE TERRITORY OF UAE. IT IS FORCEFULLY OCCUPIED BY RAS AL-KHAIMAH SINCE 1970. ITS LAST AL-ZAAB SHARIF (MAYOR) WAS HUSSEIN BIN RAHMA AL ZAABI, WHO IS NOW THE SHARIF OF THE AL-ZAAB AREA IN ABU DHABI. HIS ELDEST SON RAHMA IS THE UAE AMBASSADOR TO JORDAN. AL JAZEERAH AL HAMRA IS POPULATED BY THE AL ZAAB TRIBE, THE 3RD LARGEST TRIBE IN THE UAE. ALJAZEERAH AL HAMRA FOUGHT PORTUGAL, BRITAIN AND RAS AL KHAIMAH. ITS NAME IS DERIEVED FROM A LEGEND THAT THE ISLAND WAS COVERED WITH BLOOD AFTER A BATTLE WITH PORTUGAL. THE AL ZAAB TRIBE IS AT WAR WITH THE AL BLOOSH TRIBE.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 25°42'25"N 55°48'10"E
- JAZEERA PORT 1.1 km
- Peninsular Area (Al jazeera Port) 1.3 km
- Аль Джазира Аль Хамра (заброшенный город) 1.7 km
- Ras Al Khaimah Financial City 1.9 km
- Technology Park Jazeera Rak Free Trade Zone 2.3 km
- Zamil Steel Industries - RAK 3 km
- JBF RAK 4 km
- Al Hamra Avenue 4.9 km
- Al Jazirah Aviation Club 5.6 km
- Arabian International Steel (AIC) 6.4 km
- Al Hamra Village 2.5 km
- Al-Jazeerah Industerial 1 2.5 km
- RAKIA Al-Hamra Free Zone 3 km
- Al Zaab 3.4 km
- Refa'ah 4 km
- RAKIA Al-Hamra Industerial Area 4.8 km
- Al Siniyyah Island 18 km
- Khor Al-Beida 20 km
- Emirate of Umm Al-Quwain 27 km
- Emirate of Ras Al-Khaimah 37 km
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