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ID: 7000267
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Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Ra's al Khaymah (emirate)  Ra's al Khaymah (emirate)

Coordinates:
Lat: 25 40 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 25.6660  decimal degrees
Long: 056 00 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 56.0000  decimal degrees

Note: The region was part of the Sharjah emirate until 1919. It's a rich agricultural area, comprising two irregularly-shaped sections on the Oman promontory.

Names:
Ra's al Khaymah (preferred,C,V)
Imārat Ra’s al Khaymah (C,U,O,Arabic (transliterated)-P)
Ra's al-Khaymah (C,V)
Ra's al Kaymah (C,V)
Ras al-Khaimah (C,V)
Ras al-Khaymah (C,V)
AE05 (C,U,FIPS)
Jasimi Shaikhdom of Ras al-Khaimah (C,U)
Ran al Khaima (C,U)
Ras al Khaima (C,U)
Sheikhdom of Ras al Khaimah (C,U)
State of Ras Al Khaima (C,U)
إمارة رأس الخيمة (C,U,Arabic-P)
Ra’s al Khaymah (C,U)
Raʼs al Khaymah (C,U)
Ras el Khaïmah (C,U,French)
رأس الخيمة (C,U,Arabic)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Al Imārāt (nation)  ........  Al Imārāt (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Ra's al Khaymah (emirate)  ............  Ra's al Khaymah (emirate) (P)

Place Types:
emirate (preferred, C)  ............  joined federation February 1972
first level subdivision (C)
sheikhdom (C)

Sources and Contributors:
إمارة رأس الخيمة..........  [VP]
.............................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -784006
رأس الخيمة..........  [VP]
.......................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 291075
AE05..........  [VP]
...........  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Imārat Ra’s al Khaymah..........  [VP]
.........................................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -784006
Jasimi Shaikhdom of Ras al-Khaimah..........  [VP]
...........................................................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 291075
...........................................................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -784006
Ran al Khaima..........  [VP]
..........................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 291075
..........................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -784006
Ra's al Kaymah..........  [VP]
.............................  Times Atlas of the World (1985) plate 33
Ras al Khaima..........  [VP]
..........................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 291075
..........................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -784006
Ras al-Khaimah..........  [VP]
.............................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IX, 945
.............................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 1004
Ra's al-Khaymah..........  [VP Preferred]
.............................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Ra's al Khaymah..........  [VP]
.............................  Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 674
.............................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 26 August 2014
Ras al-Khaymah..........  [VP]
.............................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 159
Ra’s al Khaymah..........  [VP]
.............................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 291075
Raʼs al Khaymah..........  [VP]
.............................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 291075
Ras el Khaïmah..........  [VP]
.............................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 291075
Sheikhdom of Ras al Khaimah..........  [VP]
...............................................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 291075
...............................................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -784006
State of Ras Al Khaima..........  [VP]
.........................................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 291075
.........................................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -784006
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 674
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IX, 945
..................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 291075
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -784006
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1985) plate 33
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 159
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 1004
..................  Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ras_al-Khaimah
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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