Ghuwaifat
Coordinates: 24 ° 8 ' N , 51 ° 37' E
al-Ghuwaifat ( Arabic الغويفات, DMG al-Ġuwaifāt ) is a small town in the far west of the Emirates Abu Dhabi . The place forms a border crossing to Saudi Arabia on the transit route to Qatar .
Ghuwaifat belongs to the urban area of Sila , which extends in the west to the border with Saudi Arabia.
An X-ray device that x-rayed an entire 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 passed the border near Ghuwaifat.
Individual evidence
- ↑ GIS at Western Region Municipality ( Memento of the original from December 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 5.0 MB), page 9
- ↑ Khaleej Times, October 5, 2008
