Fortress
Qasr Al Muwaiji
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
Qasr Al Muwaiji (Arabic: قَصْر ٱلْمُوَيْجْعِي, romanized: Qaṣr Al-Muwayjʿī), or "Muwaiji Fort", is a fort in the central part of Al Ain in the Eastern Region of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates. It is noted as the birthplace of Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the former Ruler of Abu Dhabi and second president of the United Arab Emirates, and where Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan was based during his tenure as the Ruler's Representative of the Eastern Region of the Emirate.
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Qasr Al Muwaiji ranks #4,479 of 7,044 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #2 of the 18 mapped in United Arab Emirates. See how United Arab Emirates compares in the castle statistics.
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Where is Qasr Al Muwaiji?
Qasr Al Muwaiji stands in the United Arab Emirates, at 24.225°, 55.72694°.
How famous is Qasr Al Muwaiji?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #4,479 of 7,044 worldwide, and #2 in the United Arab Emirates. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Qasr Al Muwaiji?
Al-Jahili Fort, about 3 km away.
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