๐ฆ๐ช Al Ain: ูฑููุนููููโ is a city in the Eastern Region of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, situated on the United Arab Emirates' border with Oman, adjacent to the town of Al-Buraimi. It is the largest inland city in the Emirates, and the second-largest in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.
Al-Ain is known as the "Garden City" due to its greenery, particularly with regard to the city's oases, parks, tree-lined avenues and decorative roundabouts, with there being strict height controls on new buildings, to no more than seven floors. The region of Al-Ain and Al-Buraimi, altogether Tawam or Al-Buraimi Oasis, is of cultural and historical importance. Al-Ain may also be the site of the oldest mosque in the country, in the premises of the Sheikh Khalifa Mosque.
Al Ain is located approximately 160 km (99ย mi) east of the capital Abu Dhabi, and about 120 km (75ย mi) south of Dubai. The eastern region covers an area of approximately 13,100ย kmยฒ (5,100ย sqย mi). Oman lies to the east, Dubai and Sharjah to the north, Abu Dhabi to the west and the Empty Quarter desert and Saudi Arabia to the south. The topography of Al-Ain is unique and varies as one travels to the east. The ecologically important Jebel Hafeet ("Mount Hafeet"), an outlier of the main Hajar range, is considered one of the monuments of Al-Ain, lying just to the south of the city. Rising to 1,100โ1,400 metres (0.68โ0.87 miles) in elevation, Jabal Hafeet is one of the highest mountains in the country, and has a number of ridges which stretch to the inner part of the city, two of which are Jabal An-Naqfah (which touches Al-Ain Oasis), and the Western ridge. Sand dunes of varying texture that are tinged red with iron oxide lie to the north and east of Al-Ain.
1Economy Al Ain is an important services centre for a wide area extending into Oman. There are three major shopping centres, Al Ain Mall, Al Jimi Mall and Al Bawadi Mall as well as traditional souqs for fruit and vegetables and livestock. One such souq exists for camels near an IKEA store and Bawadi Mall on Zayed Bin Sultan Street, the road which leads to Mezyad. Industry is growing, but is still on a small scale, and includes the Coca-Cola bottling plant and the Al Ain Portland Cement Works. The water in Al-Ain is of good quality. Service industries such as car sales, mechanics and other artisans are located in the area known as Sanaiya and Pattan Market. Social and governmental infrastructure include the Higher Colleges of Technology, well-equipped medical facilities including the teaching hospital at Tawam, Al Ain International Airport, and military training areas. Al Ain also has world's largest dates processing and marketing company, Al Foah Company LLC. The place is also famous for Al Ain Dairy Farm located just outside Al Ain.
1Education Al-Ain is home to the main federal university in the UAE, the United Arab Emirates University, and to two campuses of the Higher Colleges of Technology โ Al Ain Men's College and Al Ain Women's College. Al-Ain is also the home of Horizon International flight academy, Etihad Airways's cadet pilot training centre. Private higher education institutions include the Al Ain University and Abu Dhabi University (Al-Ain campus). Al-Ain also houses the eastern zone headquarters of the Abu Dhabi Department of Education and Knowledge, Abu Dhabi's education authority.
1Al Ain City has a population of over 348,000 people. Al Ain City also forms part of the wider Al Ain metropolitan area which has a population of over 614,180 people.
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๐ซ๐ท Saint-Benoรฎt 55.713
๐ท๐บ Sterlitamak 55.937
๐ฆ๐ช Ras al-Khaimah 55.95
๐ฆ๐ช Ras Al Khaimah 55.95
๐ฎ๐ท Rafsanjฤn 55.983
๐ฎ๐ท Bandar Abbas 56.266
๐ซ๐ท Saint-Pierre 55.478
๐ซ๐ท Saint-Denis 55.457
๐ฆ๐ช Sharjah city 55.383
๐ซ๐ท Saint-Paul 55.279
๐ซ๐ท Saint-Paul 55.27
Locations Near: Al Ain City 55.6864,24.2074
๐ฆ๐ช Al Fujairah City 56.333,25.117 d: 120.4
๐ฆ๐ช Bur Dubai 55.305,25.258 d: 123
๐ฆ๐ช Fujairah 56.334,25.122 d: 121
๐ฆ๐ช Dubai 55.309,25.27 d: 124.1
๐ฆ๐ช Sharjah city 55.383,25.35 d: 130.7
๐ฆ๐ช Sharjah 55.383,25.35 d: 130.7
๐ฆ๐ช Ajman 55.442,25.402 d: 135.1
๐ฆ๐ช Abu Dhabi 54.363,24.464 d: 137.1
๐ฆ๐ช Ras Al Khaimah 55.95,25.767 d: 175.4
๐ฆ๐ช Ras al-Khaimah 55.95,25.783 d: 177.2
Antipodal to: Al Ain City -124.314,-24.207
๐ต๐ซ Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 17293.3
๐ต๐ช Talara -81.267,-4.567 d: 14921.5
๐ฆ๐ธ Pago Pago -170.701,-14.279 d: 15044.9
๐ฒ๐ฝ Lรกzaro Cรกrdenas -102.183,17.95 d: 14748.8
๐ฒ๐ฝ Zihuatanejo de Azueta -101.55,17.633 d: 14748.1
๐ต๐ช Piura -80.633,-5.2 d: 14894.8
๐ฒ๐ฝ Manzanillo -104.3,19.05 d: 14738.8
๐ต๐ช Mรกncora -81.05,-4.1 d: 14874.8