Shees Park (or Shis Park) is a recreational park near the village of
Shis
Shis ( ar, شيص) is the name of a settlement to the East of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (UAE). It is the westernmost district of Khor Fakkan Municipality.
The village of Shis was previously accessed only by a track leading from the East Coast ...
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Khor Fakkan
Khor Fakkan ( ar, خَوْر فَكَّان, Khawr Fakkān) is a city and exclave of the Emirate of Sharjah, located on the east coast of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), facing the Gulf of Oman, and geographically surrounded by the Emirate of Fuja ...
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Sharjah
Sharjah (; ar, ٱلشَّارقَة ', Gulf Arabic: ''aš-Šārja'') is the third-most populous city in the United Arab Emirates, after Dubai and Abu Dhabi, forming part of the Dubai-Sharjah-Ajman metropolitan area.
Sharjah is the capital o ...
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United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia (The Middle East). It is located at th ...
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The park was constructed in 8 months. It covers an area of 11,362 m
2, has a 25-meter-high artificial waterfall and includes 506 meters of walkways throughout three mountain terraces connected by stone stairs leading to the main viewing platform at a height of 30 meters from the main park level. It includes a children's play area, 32 shaded seating areas for families, an outdoor theater that can accommodate 70 people and a barbecue area.
It was inaugurated by the ruler of Sharjah, Sheikh Dr
Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi
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, on 15 October, 2020.
Gallery
File:Shees Park.jpg, Shees Park Entrance
File:PlaqueSheesPark.jpg, Arabic Plaque describing date of inauguration
File:View from TopShees.jpg, View from Mountain Walkway
File:View from Top 2.jpg, View from Mountain Walkway
File:View from Top 3.jpg, View from Mountain Walkway
File:PathwayShees.jpg, One of the Pathways
File:Seating areaShees.jpg, One of the seating areas
See also
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Sharjah National Park
Sharjah National Park ( ar, مُتَنَزَّه ٱلْشَّارقَة ٱلْوَطَنِي, Mutanazzah Ash-Shāriqah Al-Waṭanī) is a park in Sharjah, the United Arab Emirates. The park is the largest in Sharjah, covering approximately 630,00 ...
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Jebel Hafeet National Park
Jabal Hafeet ( ar, جَبَل حَفِيْت, Jabal Ḥafīt, "Mount Hafeet"; variously transcribed Jabal, Jabel or Jebal and Hafit or Hafeet – literally "empty mountain") is a mountain in the region of Tawam, on the border of the United Arab ...
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Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi (, ; ar, أَبُو ظَبْيٍ ' ) is the capital and second-most populous city (after Dubai) of the United Arab Emirates. It is also the capital of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and the centre of the Abu Dhabi Metropolitan Area.
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Mangrove National Park, Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi Central Capital District, officially "Abu Dhabi Region" ( ar, مِنْطَقَة أَبُو ظَبِي, Minṭaqat Abū Ẓabī), also "Abu Dhabi Metropolitan Area", is the municipal region in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi that contains th ...
References
National parks of the United Arab Emirates
Geography of the Emirate of Sharjah
Tourist attractions in the Emirate of Sharjah
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