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Sharjah

United Arab Emirates

Watercolour of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Centered around Al Noor Mosque on Khalid Lagoon, the Blue Souk (Central Market) with Islamic tilework, and the historic Heart of Sharjah coral-stone quarter. Featuring Noor Mosque and Central Souk.
AI-generated artistic rendering. Painted from written research on the city's setting, architecture and materials — not from a photograph.
What guided this image
Landmarks
Noor Mosque; Central Souk; Heart of Sharjah; Majaz Waterfront; Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilization; Arabian Gulf coastal and oasis flora; Ottoman and Islamic
Viewpoint
Favor the classic viewpoint looking across the landscape toward the signature landmarks of Sharjah, showing regional foliage and foreground textures, the iconic architectural monuments in the middle-ground, and the distant horizon fading in the background.
Palette
Green should be the predominant color, especially in date palms along Khalid Lagoon, ghaf trees, and flowering bougainvillea.
Population1,800,000Wikidata: 1,247,749
Coordinates25.33°N, 55.41°E
Elevation14 m
Area236 km²
Time zoneAsia/DubaiUTC+4
Solar noon12:18clock runs 0.3 h ahead of the sun

Through the Earth

Dig straight through the Earth from Sharjah and you surface in open ocean, nearest to Adamstown, Pitcairn Islands — 555 km from the exact antipodal point.

Nearest cities in the atlas

DubaiAE30 km
Abu DhabiAE141 km
MuscatOM361 km
DohaQA390 km
ManamaBH493 km
DammamSA545 km
ShirazIR554 km
Kuwait CityKW861 km

Twinned cities

Wikidata records no twinned cities for Sharjah inside this atlas.

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