Ras al-Khaimah (alternatively Ra`sal-Khaymah or Ras el-Kheima; رأس الخيمة Rā`s al-Ḫaymah) is one of the Persian Gulf Arab sheikhdoms forming the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Its name means `Top of the Tent`. The emirate is in the northern part of the UAE, bordering Oman`s exclave of Musandam. It covers an area of 1,684 square km. T...
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Emirate on the Gulf; area 1,690 sq km/652 sq mi; population (1999 est) 165,000. It is one of the seven members of the United Arab Emirates, but differs from the others in that, with irrigation, agriculture has become a major occupation, producing vegetables, tobacco, bananas, and citrus fruits, large quantities of which are exported to ...
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