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Oman is a country on the southeast coast of the Arabian Peninsula, situated in West Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Oman, and Persian Gulf, between Yemen and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The coast of Oman was an important part in the Omani empire and sultanate.
This article is about transport in Oman.
The United Arab Emirates is situated in the Middle East and West Asia, bordering the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf, between Oman and Saudi Arabia; it is at a strategic location along the northern approaches to the Strait of Hormuz, a vital transit point for world crude oil. The UAE lies between 22°50′ and 26° north latitude and between 51° and 56°25′ east longitude. It shares a 19 km (12 mi) border with Qatar on the northwest, a 530 km (330 mi) border with Saudi Arabia on the west, south, and southeast, and a 450 km (280 mi) border with Oman on the southeast and northeast.
E 11 is a highway in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The longest road in the Emirates, it stretches from the Al Batha border crossing at the Saudi Arabia–UAE border in al-Silah in the al-Dhafra region of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and ends at the Oman–UAE border crossing of al-Darah in al-Jeer, Emirate of Ras al-Khaimah, running roughly parallel to UAE's coastline along the Persian Gulf. The road forms the main artery in some emirates' main cities, where it assumes various alternate names —Sheikh Maktoum Bin Rashid Road and Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Road in Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Zayed Road in Dubai, Al Ittihad Road in Sharjah Emirate and Ajman Emirate, and Sheikh Muhammad bin Salem Road in Ras al-Khaimah.
Shinas, population 53,949, is one of the six coastal Wilayas in Northern Batinah, Oman, near its border with the United Arab Emirates. Shinas has a distinctive collection of traditional buildings, ancient forts, and bustling traditional markets, allowing visitors and cultural enthusiasts to embark on a journey through time. It also offers many water sport activities from sailing and fishing to snorkeling.
Al-Wajājah, or just Wajajah, is the busiest of four Omani ports bordering the United Arab Emirates, with Wadi Al-Jenzi, Buraimi, and Teibat being the other three. Al-Wajajah is located in the Batinah administrative division of Oman. The town is 90 minutes by road from the city of Dubai, one hour from the Omani town of Sohar, and three hours from Muscat, the capital of Oman.
Jabal Al-Mebraḥ, also known by the name Jabal Yibir, is a 1,527 m (5,010 ft) tall mountain in the Emirate of Fujairah, the U.A.E.
Al Darah is the main border crossing between Ras Al Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Musandam, an exclave of Oman. Although occasionally referred to as Ras Al Darah, it is a land crossing.
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Muscat Expressway is a major highway in Muscat, the capital of Oman.
The Batinah Expressway is a 256 km 8-lane highway in Oman that connects the Muscat Expressway at Halban with the United Arab Emirates border at Khatmat Malaha. It opened on 6 May 2018.
The geology of the United Arab Emirates includes very thick Paleozoic, Mesozoic and Cenozoic marine and continental sedimentary rocks overlying deeply buried Precambrian. The region has extensive oil and gas resources and was deformed during the last several million years by more distant tectonic events.
Tawam, also Tuwwam, or Tu'am, is a historical oasis region in Eastern Arabia that stretched from, or was located between, the Western Hajar Mountains to the Persian Gulf coast, nowadays forming parts of the United Arab Emirates and western Oman. Although associated with the Buraimi Oasis, by historians working from documentary sources available in the 1950s and 60s, Tu'am is now thought to refer to the Christian patriachate of St Thomas the Apostle of the East and the location of the principal city and pearling centre on Siniyah island in modern Umm Al Quwain on the Western seaboard of the UAE.
The Oman–United Arab Emirates border consists of three non-contiguous sections totalling 609 km in length.
Wadi Qor is a seasonal watercourse in the Hajar Mountains of Ras Al Khaimah, in the United Arab Emirates. The wadi runs from the mountain village of Al Qor, near the Dubai exclave of Hatta, through the villages of Huwaylat, Rafaq and Al Nasla before crossing the Omani border and fanning out to the Batinah plain and the Gulf of Oman north of the Omani coastal village of Bu Baqarah.
Route 3 also known as Aswad Road is a route in the Sultanate of Oman. It is a dual carriageway that crosses through two governorates and goes from the city of Bu Baqarah all the way to the border with the United Arab Emirates.
Route 1 also known as the Sultan Qaboos Street or Al Batinah Highway is a major four-lane highway in the Sultanate of Oman, connecting Muscat, the capital city in the Sultanate and a hub for commercial activity, to the many coastal cities of Oman that sit alongside the Sea of Oman such as Seeb and Sohar. It also connects Muscat to the United Arab Emirates.
The Sharjah Roads and Transport Authority, commonly known as SRTA, is the sole major independent government roads & transportation authority in the Emirate of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. It was founded in 2014 to keep pace with development and rapid growth within the emirate.
The Wadi Hatta is a valley or dry river with ephemeral or intermittent flow, which flows almost exclusively during the rainy season, located north of Oman, in the Al Batinah North; and to the east of the United Arab Emirates, in the enclave of Hatta (Dubai).
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- 1 2 "Introducing Wajaja & Khatmat Milahah". Lonely Planet . Archived from the original on 29 May 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
- ↑ "Batinah Expressway opened". Times of Oman . 22 May 2017.
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