Sakamkam is a

wadi Wadi ( ar, وَادِي, wādī), alternatively ''wād'' ( ar, وَاد), North African Arabic Oued, is the Arabic term traditionally referring to a valley. In some instances, it may refer to a wet (ephemeral) riverbed that contains water onl ...

and settlement in

Fujairah Fujairah City ( ar, الفجيرة) is the capital of the emirate of Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates. It is the seventh-largest city in UAE, located on the Gulf of Oman (part of the Indian Ocean). It is the only Emirati capital city on the ...

, United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Sakamkam Fort Sakamkam Fort is a historic fort in Sakamkam, just north of Fujairah City, Emirate of Fujairah, United Arab Emirates. The fort, on a hilly position, became ruined, but has now been restored. It has a round watchtower, with views of the modern Fuja ...

is located here. The area is located some 7 km north of the city of Fujairah. Archaeological finds here have been particularly rich, with some 126 burials located, including oval, circular and the characteristic Wadi Suq period figure-of-eight burial. A number of Late Islamic period ceramics have also been found in the wadi, dating from the 15th-18th centuries. Surveys of the burials and settlement remains in the wadi started in the 1980s, by a Swiss team. Further surveys were requested in 2001 and 2002 by utility companies installing infrastructure and were carried out by the Abu Dhabi Islands Archaeological Survey, ADIAS.

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Populated places in the Emirate of Fujairah {{UnitedArabEmirates-geo-stub