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![Hierarchy of ʻAjmān (emirate)](/global/images/global_hierarchy.gif) |
ʻAjmān (emirate) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 25 23 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 25.3833 decimal degrees |
Long: 055 31 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 55.5167 decimal degrees |
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Note: Smallest of the United Arab Emirates; composed of 3 parts: the main portion, on the Persian Gulf coast, is the site of Ajman town; there are also 2 noncontiguous sections on the Oman promontory, al-Manāmah and Maṣfūt, southeast of Ajman town. |
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ʻAjmān (preferred,C,V)
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ʻUjmān (C,V)
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'Ajman (C,V)
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Ajman (C,V,English-P,U,N)
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Ajman (Spanish)
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Ajman (French)
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عجمان (C,V,Arabic)
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Sheikhdom of Ajman (C,V)
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Imārat ‘Ajmān (C,U,O,Arabic (transliterated)-P)
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AE02 (C,U,FIPS)
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‘Ujmān (C,U)
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إمارة عجمان (C,U,Arabic-P)
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‘Ajmān (C,U,Arabic)
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Ajman Emirate (C,U,English)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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emirate (preferred, C) |
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joined federation December 2, 1971 |
first level subdivision (C) |
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sheikhdom (C) |
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