Ghuwaifat

Ghuwaifat (Arabic: ٱلْغُوَيْفَات) is a small town in the far west of the emirate of Abu Dhabi. The place forms a border crossing to Saudi Arabia on the transit road to Qatar.

Ghuwaifat
ٱلْغُوَيْفَات (in Arabic)
Ghuwaifat is located in United Arab Emirates
Ghuwaifat
Ghuwaifat
Location of Ghuwaifat in the UAE
Coordinates: 24°04′38″N 51°45′47″E
CountryUnited Arab Emirates
EmirateAbu Dhabi
Municipal regionAl Gharbia
Government
 • TypeAbsolute monarchy
 • EmirMohammad bin Zayed Al Nahyan
 • Ruler's Representative of the Western Region of the Emirate of Abu DhabiHamdan bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan
Time zoneUTC+4 (UAE Standard Time)

Ghuwaifat belongs to the urban area of Sila, which extends in the west to the border with Saudi Arabia.[1]

An x-ray facility that transilluminates a complete truck at once was installed there a few years ago. Abu Dhabi Airport Duty Free also opened a small shop in 2004. In 2007, 2,900,000 people crossed the border at Ghuwaifat.[2]

References
  1. "GIS at Western Region Municipality" (PDF). Town Planning Division, Western Region Municipality. p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF; 5,0 MB) on 2013-12-14.
  2. Khaleej Times, 5. October 2008

See also
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