Nahwa

According to The Encyclopedia of International Boundaries there is one enclave within the Omani Madha exclave, named Nahwa, belonging to the Emirate of Sharjah.

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According to a Madha shopkeeper - a Malabari, in November 2002, the tiny Sharjah exclave of Nahwa is about 8 km on a dirt track towards the west from the town of New Madha. It consisted of around 40 houses with its own clinic, telephone exchange. The shopkeeper also said that the Omani territory is fairly undeveloped and empty, whereas Nahwa has some development on it.

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Enclave: In human geography, an enclave is a piece of land which is totally surrounded by a foreign territory. If another country has sovereignty over it, it is also called an exclave of that other country....

Oman: The Sultanate of Oman is a country in the southwestern part of Asia, on the southeast coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It borders the United Arab Emirates in the northwest, Saudi Arabia in the west, and Yemen in the southwest. The coast is formed by the Arabian Sea in the south and east, and the Gul...

Madha: The Omani territory of Madha or Wadi-e-Madhah is located in the United Arab Emirates, halfway between the Musandam Peninsula and the rest of Oman....