Dhaid

Dhaid
ٱلذَّيْد
Al-Dhaid
Dhaid is located in United Arab Emirates
Dhaid
Dhaid
Dhaid Municipality in the East of Sharjah's Central Region
Dhaid is located in Middle East
Dhaid
Dhaid
Dhaid (Middle East)
Dhaid is located in Asia
Dhaid
Dhaid
Dhaid (Asia)
Coordinates: 25°17′N 55°53′E / 25.283°N 55.883°E / 25.283; 55.883
CountryUnited Arab Emirates
EmirateSharjah
Government
 • TypeAbsolute monarchy
 • SheikhSultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi
Population
 (2022)
 • Total33,000[1]

Dhaid, or Al Dhaid (Arabic: ٱلذَّيْد, romanized: Adh-Dhayd), is the capital of the Central Region of the Emirate of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates. An oasis town, it has extensive irrigated date palm plantations with water channelled from the nearby Hajar mountains, at least in part through ancient tunnels dug for that purpose, known as aflāj in Arabic (falaj in the singular).[2]

Dhaid has long occupied a strategic location in the mouth of the important Wadi Siji.[3]

  1. ^ "1.8 مليون نسمة عدد سكان إمارة الشارقة".
  2. ^ Heard-Bey, Frauke (1990). From Trucial States to United Arab Emirates. UK: Longman. p. 179. ISBN 0-5822-7728-0.
  3. ^ Heard-Bey, Frauke (2004). From Trucial States to United Arab Emirates. Motivate. pp. 91–96. ISBN 978-1-8606-3167-2.