Ghuwaifat | |
Native Name: | ٱلْغُوَيْفَات |
Pushpin Map: | UAE |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Ghuwaifat in the UAE |
Government Type: | Absolute monarchy |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United Arab Emirates |
Subdivision Type1: | Emirate |
Subdivision Name1: | Abu Dhabi |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipal region |
Subdivision Name2: | Al Gharbia |
Leader Title: | Emir |
Leader Name: | Mohammad bin Zayed Al Nahyan |
Leader Title1: | Ruler's Representative of the Western Region of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi |
Leader Name1: | Hamdan bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan |
Population As Of: | 15000000 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Utc Offset: | +4 |
Timezone: | UAE Standard Time |
Coordinates: | 24.0772°N 51.7631°W |
Ghuwaifat (Arabic: ٱلْغُوَيْفَات) is a small town in the far west of the emirate of Abu Dhabi. The place forms a border crossing to Saudi Arabia on the transit road to Qatar.
Ghuwaifat belongs to the urban area of Sila, which extends in the west to the border with Saudi Arabia.[1]
An x-ray facility that transilluminates a complete 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 crossed the border at Ghuwaifat.[2]