Al Dhafra, Abu Dhabi
Al Dhafra
Minṭaqah Aẓ-Ẓafrah ( Arabic: ٱلْمِنْطَقَة ٱلْغَرْبِيَّة) | |
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Al Dhafra Region (
Demographics
The Region had a population of 202,154 as of the Census of 2010 (including Islands Region with 17,646). With a given population density of 6, the area of the region could be calculated at 33,700 square kilometres (13,000 square miles).[7] Other official sources, however, state an area of 59,760 square kilometres (23,070 square miles), or an 83 percent share of the emirate total of 72,000 square kilometres (28,000 square miles).[8]
This region comprises seven townships, with population figures of the 2005 census of population (109,000 for the region):[9]
- Madinat Zayed (Bida Zayed) (pop. 29,095)
- Ruwais (pop. 15,511)
- Ghayathi (pop. 14,022)
- Liwa (pop. 20,192)
- Al Mirfa (pop. 14,503)
- Sila (pop. 7,900, includes Ghuwaifat)
- Dalma (pop. 4,811)
Al Gharbia's coastal communities are served with six
Wildlife and prehistory
7 million-year-old fossilized footprints of elephants have been discovered at a site named "Mleisa 1" in Al-Gharbia.[11][12] Within the area of Baynunah, a camel-slaughter site dating to about 6,000 years ago was discovered.[13]
See also
- Abu Dhabi Region
- Hazza bin Sultan Al Nahyan
- List of cultural property of national significance in the United Arab Emirates
- List of tourist attractions in the United Arab Emirates
- Western Region Municipality
References
- ^ a b c Statistical Yearbook of Abu Dhabi 2018, Statistics Centre – Abu Dhabi, 2018, p. 171, archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-08-21, retrieved 2019-05-15
- ^ "Khalifa renames Eastern and Western Regions". WAM. Gulf News. 2017-03-16. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
- ^ "Regional location maps (eastern and western regions of Abu Dhabi emirate)". Ask Explorer. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
- ISBN 978-1-9070-6521-7.
- ^ John Gordon Lorimer: Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, Vol. II, S, 412ff.
- ISBN 978-1-9100-6858-8.
- ^ Abu Dhabi Statistical Yearbook 2011, Population and Demography[permanent dead link]
- ^ GIS at Western Region Municipality Archived 2013-12-14 at the Wayback Machine, page 8
- ^ Abu Dhabi Report
- ^ "Abu Dhabi Ports Company's Western Region Ports". Archived from the original on 2013-10-27. Retrieved 2013-07-07.
- ^ "Les éléphants préhistoriques aussi sociables que leurs congénères actuels - Communiqués et dossiers de presse - CNRS". www2.cnrs.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 2018-10-11. Retrieved 2018-10-11.
- ^ Mauguit, Quentin (2012-02-23). "Des empreintes de 7 millions d'années racontent les éléphants d'autrefois". Futura (in French). Retrieved 2018-10-11.
- Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi, vol. 1: Culture, pp. 28–29, 2017, retrieved 2019-03-09