Sharjah

Sharjah

The emirate lies within the Northern Emirates on the west coast of the state, overlooking the shores of the Arabian Gulf strip of about 20 km, and has an extension of the hand, the Gulf of Oman as well as in the east, and approximately population of one million, and contributes to about 7% of the GDP of the UAE, and is composed of the City Sharjah and a host of other cities such as Kalba, and Dibba Al Hisn, and Khor Fakkan, and Dhaid.
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Back and population stabilization in the emirate to about 6000 years; residents of the area where he worked in the trade and pearl diving, and focus their presence at Aflaj where fresh water.
Accounts differ about the origin of the label; Virgaha some historians to the fact that the ground level; making sunlight shining equally on all its parts, while the other label attributed to Old fetish in the period before Islam was called Abdul-east, and was sometimes on behalf of Sharjah is feminine. And some think it is the proportion of the castle were found in Andalusia; where mentioned in the book Lexicon countries of sapphire Hamwi.


The book roundabout in Sharjah
She says she called the other novel as well; being located in the Middle for Dubai and Abu Dhabi.
Since 1727 seized control of the tribe denominators of the city, has had a long history of this tribe, and the reputation of fragrant resistance in sweeps that came to the region, most notably the British occupation.


Sharjah Airport
In the second of December 1971, His Highness Sheikh Khalid bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, the instrument of accession to the Union of the United Arab Emirates, and in 1972 took over the reins of power HH Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi.
It follows the Emirate of Sharjah Abu Musa island in the Persian Gulf, which is one of the three islands of the occupation of Iran immediately after the British evacuation from the state, and the emirate resort to diplomatic channels under the umbrella of the United Arab Emirates; island to retrieve usurped.
The most important landmarks in the emirate:

• Al Qasba: stretching the length of 1 km at Aqueduct, was opened in 2005, and includes many of the shops and games area, in addition to the theater, hall events and conferences, and Arts Center ((Mirrors)), has been recorded Qasba 2 million visitors in 2011.
• Fountain metaphor - a public park, fountain and up to 100 m high, has been updated in 2011 by adding a range of restaurants and tourist attractions, and overlooking the Khalid Lagoon tourist area of ​​the months and the most elegant and beautiful in the emirate.


Central Market in Sharjah
• the heart of Sharjah emirate and Homchroa intend to be completed by 2015; interface to be an important tourist of the emirate, and includes a range of museums, hotels, commercial centers and archaeological sites and residential. [3]
Culture and occupies the first priority of the Emirate of Sharjah, and includes many of the prestigious universities in the region, and most important: [4] - University of Sharjah
- American University of Sharjah
- Troy University
- Skyline College University
- Colleges of Technology
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There in the emirate one of the most important Arab publishing houses: Dar Al Khaleej Printing and Publishing, and are issued by one of the most important and oldest newspapers in the region, namely: Al-Khaleej newspaper, the Gulf News English, Gulf Today, and other newspapers and magazines.
The emirate's got the title of the cultural capital of the Arab world in 1989 by UNESCO, the United Nations, where he was to the presence of more than 20 museums in the emirate's most prominent role in getting the prize.
It museums - the Museum of the station
- Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilization
- Sharjah Museum of Natural
- Bait Al Naboodah
And many other museums.


Library of the University of Sharjah
There are many in the Emirate of important centers, which hosts annual events such as: Xsbualhariqh Center,


Library of the University of Sharjah
Which organizes an annual exhibition of the book, and opened in 1976, and worked in it (Mr. Vdridik Betera) until the year 1989, where he was an exhibition of goods and trade at the time, and brings the center each year thousands of visitors to see the most important and the most recent versions of cultural and books and magazines.
The Sharjah International Airport terminal airspace of the emirate, and is about 10 km from the city center, and 15 km from the Emirate of Dubai, and is the headquarters for Air economist in the region: Air Arabia, travels from about 6 million and a half million passengers a year, according to statistics in 2001.