Al Awir, also spelled Al Aweer ( ar, العوير) is a town in the Emirate of
Dubai
Dubai (, ; ar, دبي, translit=Dubayy, , ) is the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the capital of the Emirate of Dubai, the most populated of the 7 emirates of the United Arab Emirates.The Government and Politics of ...
,
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 t ...
, located about 35 kilometers from the city center. It has long been a centre of agriculture and camel breeding. Among many other Dubai families who have farms at Al Awir, Dubai's ruling
Maktoum family maintains a farm in the area.
It is home to the Al Awir Fruit & Vegetable Market, as well as Al Awir Central Jail.
In 2018 the immigration centre at Al Awir was the location of a major 'amnesty centre', where people who had overstayed their UAE work visas could apply to leave the country with no fines or penalties.
Al Awir is adjacent to the
Emirates Road
E 611 ( ar, إ ٦١١) is a road constructed in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Also known as the "Emirates Road", E 611 is developed to link the emirate of Abu Dhabi with the northern emirates of Ras al Khaimah, Umm al Quwain, parallel to ...
(E611) and is bordered by
Ras al Khor in Dubai and
Lahbab
Lahbab, also spelled ''Lehbab'', is a village in the Emirate of Dubai, about 50 km south of Dubai city.
It is situated on the highway between Dubai and the border of the Emirate of Sharjah.
It has a population of approximately 1,001 peop ...
to the East.
References
Populated places in Dubai
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