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Al-'Ankah Fort in the village of Remah, between the cities of Al-Ain and Abu Dhabi. The city of Al-Ain, part of a historical region which also includes the adjacent Omani town of Al-Buraimi, [9] is noted for its forts, oases, aflāj (underground water channels), and archaeological sites such as those of Hili and Rumailah.
Al Ain Cement Factory, amid hills of the western ridge of Jebel Hafeet. Al Ain is an important services centre for a wide area extending into Oman. There are three major shopping centres, [29] Al Ain Mall, Al Jimi Mall, Al Hili Mall and Al Bawadi Mall (opened in 2009 in Al Khrair area) as well as traditional souqs for fruit and vegetables and ...
It is located in Al-Mutawa'a District in central Al-Ain, and east of Al-Jahili District. The border between Al-Ain City and the Omani town of Al Buraimi is to the northwest. Al Ain Oasis is the city’s largest and, dating back more 4,000 years.The oasis covers more than 1,200 hectares and contains more than 147,000 date palm trees producing ...
Sweihan, also spelled Swaihan or Suwayḩān (Arabic: سُوَيْحَان), is a town in Al Ain Region, [1] 70 km (43 miles) northwest of the city of Al Ain in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates. It is noted for its surrounding farms. [2] The village is the site of the National Avian Research Centre (aka NARC).
Established in 1967 [2] as the Al Ain Municipality Town Planning Department (TPD), [3] [4] it later became an organ of the newly created Department of Municipalities and Agriculture (now renamed to Department of Municipalities and Transport) alongside the Abu Dhabi City Municipality and the Western Region Municipality in 2005.
Al-Ain is the main settlement [8] [9] in the Eastern Region of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, located on the country's eastern border with Oman, where the adjacent town of Al-Buraimi is located. The region is located to the west of the Western Hajar Mountains [ 10 ] and the Gulf of Oman , [ 1 ] and in the vicinity of the Rub' al-Khali Desert. [ 3 ]
As a region, Al-Ain has been inhabited for over 7 millennia, as demonstrated by archeological finds. In particular, there are tombs shaped as beehives in the area of Mezyad, at the base of Jebel Hafeet, which date back to the Hafit period of the Early Bronze Age, besides [4] [9] In the 1950s, Sheikh Zayed, who would become the founding President of the United Arab Emirates, discovered the ...
The museum was inaugurated by Sheikh Tahnoun bin Mohammed Al Nahyan, the Ruler's Representative in the Eastern Region, on 2 November 1971. [5] The museum has two main sections on ethnographic and archaeological aspects of the country, especially around Al Ain.