Buraimi

E645772

Buraimi is an oasis town in northeastern Oman, historically significant as a strategic frontier settlement near the UAE border.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Buraimi canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human settlement ⓘ
oasis town ⓘ
administrativeStatus governorate capital ⓘ
agriculturalProduct dates ⓘ
fodder crops ⓘ
borderDispute Buraimi dispute ⓘ
borderDisputeWith Abu Dhabi ⓘ
Oman ⓘ
Saudi Arabia ⓘ
capitalOf Al Buraimi Governorate ⓘ
climate hot desert climate ⓘ
coordinateLocation 24.25°N 55.79°E ⓘ
country Oman ⓘ
currency Omani rial ⓘ
economicActivity services ⓘ
trade ⓘ
governingCountry Sultanate of Oman ⓘ
linked to: Oman
hasBorderControl Omani customs and immigration facilities ⓘ
hasBorderFunction gateway between Oman and UAE ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution University of Buraimi ⓘ
hasFeature oasis ⓘ
palm groves ⓘ
traditional markets ⓘ
hasNearbyBorderCrossing Al Buraimi–Al Ain border crossing ⓘ
historicalRegion Al Buraimi Oasis ⓘ
historicalRole strategic frontier settlement ⓘ
languageUsed Arabic ⓘ
locatedIn northeastern Oman ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Al Buraimi Governorate ⓘ
locatedNear Al Ain ⓘ
border of the United Arab Emirates ⓘ
nearbyCountry United Arab Emirates ⓘ
nearbyEmirate Abu Dhabi ⓘ
Dubai (via road links through UAE) ⓘ
partOf Al Buraimi Oasis ⓘ
partOfHistoricalTribalArea Na'im tribe influence area ⓘ
region Al Dhahirah–Al Buraimi area ⓘ
regionalImportance commercial center for surrounding oasis settlements ⓘ
regionType frontier region ⓘ
religionMajority Islam ⓘ
roadConnectionTo Al Ain ⓘ
Sohar ⓘ
terrain arid plateau with oasis depressions ⓘ
timeZone Gulf Standard Time ⓘ
transportMode road transport ⓘ
utcOffset +4 ⓘ
waterSource groundwater wells ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Trucial Oman Scouts → garrison → Buraimi ⓘ