Sharjah is a major port city in the United Arab Emirates and the country's third most populous city after Dubai and Abu Dhabi, serving as capital of the Emirate of Sharjah. Its population was over 1.8 million in 2022-2023. Ruled by the Al Qasimi dynasty since the eighteenth century, Sharjah was designated Islamic Culture Capital in 2014 and UNESCO World Book Capital in 2019, is regarded as the UAE's cultural capital, and in 2022 became the first government in the Gulf region to fully adopt a four-day working week.
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Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone In the Other Atlases
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1. Sharjah (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationInfobox, Population
Population (2024) Total 1,872,000
Infobox, Area
Area Total 235.5 km2 (90.9 sq mi)
Infobox, coordinates
25.35750°N 55.39083°E
View the Source 2. Sharjah (Wikidata)
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 14 m
P571 (inception)
inception 1793
- In Group: Cities of Western Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
View the Source3. GeoNames: Sharjah - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 292672
25.3342 55.41221 P PPLA AE 06 1800000 15 Asia/Dubai
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 15 m
View the Source 4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 25.25, 55.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 25.25, 55.25
25.25 55.25 BWh
Wikidata: Sharjah
Wikidata Q289693, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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