''As-Silaʿ'' () is a city in the Western Region of the

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, the

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. It is west of

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and west of

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, mainly consisting of Emirati town houses.

Description

The city has been undergoing construction over the past years. A new hospital, a school, a police station and shops have been built. The area of Sila stretches west to the border with

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and encompasses the border town of

Ghuwaifat Ghuwaifat () is a small town in the far Al Gharbia, Abu Dhabi, west of the emirate of Abu Dhabi. The place forms a border crossing to Saudi Arabia on the transit road to Qatar. Ghuwaifat belongs to the urban area of Sila, Abu Dhabi, Sila, which e ...

and measures . The

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of 2005 recorded a population of 7,900 in Sila.)

Archaeology

There are archaeological remains over 7,000 years old at Sila.SilaAbu Dhabi Islands Archaeological Survey
UAE.

References

Archaeological sites in the United Arab Emirates Populated places in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi Western Region, Abu Dhabi {{UnitedArabEmirates-geo-stub