Ras al-Khaimah إمارة رأس الخيمة | |
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Emirate | |
Emirate o Ras al-Khaimah | |
Coordinates: 25°47′N 55°57′E / 25.783°N 55.950°E | |
Govrenment | |
• Teep | Absolute monarchy |
• Emir | Saud bin Saqr al Qasimi |
• Croun Prince | Mohammed bin Saud al Qasimi |
Area | |
• Total | 1683 km2 (650 sq mi) |
Population (2008) | |
• Total | 263,217 |
Ras al-Khaimah (Arabic: رأس الخيمة Rā's al Ḫaima, Scots: The Top o the Tent) is ane o the emirates o the Unitit Arab Emirates (UAE), in the east o the Persie Gulf. It is in the northren pairt o the UAE borderin Oman's exclave. The emirate o Ras Al Khaimah covers an aurie o 1,700 square km. The caipital ceety an hame o maist residents is cried Ras al-Khaimah an aw. The ceety haes a population o 263,217 as o 2008.[1] The ceety haes twa main sections, Auld Ras Al Khaimah an Nakheel, on either side o a creek. It is servit bi the Ras Al Khaimah Internaitional Airport. Apairt frae the northren pairt whaur the ceety o Ras Al Khaimah is situatit, it haes ane lairge enclave in the sooth near Hatta an aw, an a few smaw islands on the Persie Gulf.
Important touns, settlements an auries include: