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The Saudi Arabia–United Arab Emirates border is 457 km (284 mi) in length and runs from the Persian Gulf coast in the west to the tripoint with Oman in the east. [ 1] The governments of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates signed the Treaty of Jeddah in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on 21 August 1974 between Faisal of Saudi Arabia and Sheikh ...
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. [ 2] The UAE lies between 22°50′ and 26° north latitude and ...
The Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque ( Arabic: جَامِع ٱلشَّيْخ زَايِد ٱلْكَبِيْر Jāmiʿ Aš-Šaykh Zāyid Al-Kabīr) is located in Abu Dhabi, the capital city of the United Arab Emirates. [ 1] It is the country's largest mosque, and is the key place of worship for daily Islamic prayers. There is a smaller replica of this ...
The United Arab Emirates[ b] ( UAE ), or simply the Emirates, [ c] is a country in West Asia, in the Middle East. Located at the eastern end of the Arabian Peninsula, it shares land borders with Oman to the east and Saudi Arabia to the southwest; as well as maritime borders in the Persian Gulf with Qatar and Iran.
Port of Jebel Ali, also known as Mina Jebel Ali,[4]is a deep port located in Jebel Ali, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Jebel Ali is the world's ninth busiest port, the largest man-made harbour, and the biggest and by far the busiest port in the Middle-East.[5] Port Jebel Ali was constructed in the late 1970s to supplement the facilities at Port ...
Jeddah Islamic Port, on the Red Sea, is the thirty-sixth largest seaport in the world [8] and the second-largest and second-busiest seaport in the Middle East (after Dubai's Port of Jebel Ali). Jeddah is the principal gateway to Mecca Sharif, the holiest city in Islam , 65 kilometers (40 mi) to the east, while Medina , the second-holiest city ...
Neom. / 28.131088; 34.920757. Neom (styled NEOM; Arabic: نيوم, romanized : Niyōm, Hejazi Arabic pronunciation: [nɪˈjo̞ːm]) is an urban area being built by Saudi Arabia in Tabuk. Launched in 2017 by crown prince Mohammad bin Salman, the site is at the northern tip of the Red Sea, due east of Egypt across the Gulf of Aqaba and south of ...
The Persian Gulf borders the western coast of the emirate. Dubai is positioned at 25.2697°N 55.3095°E and covers an area of 1,588 sq mi (4,110 km 2 ), which represents a significant expansion beyond its initial 1,500 sq mi (3,900 km 2) designation due to land reclamation from the sea. [citation needed] Dubai lies directly within the Arabian ...