Al Hayl is a suburb of

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 ...

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(UAE), at the mouth of the

Wadi Hayl Wadi Hayl is a seasonal watercourse in the Hajar Mountains of Fujairah, in the United Arab Emirates. The wadi runs from the Fujairah industrial suburb of Al Hayl through the old (now restored) village of Hayl and Hayl Fort, to reach the Wadi ...

. The old village in the Wadi Hayl is traditionally the home of the Kunud (singular Al Kindi) tribe. Hayl is the site of a Dhs1.7 billion construction project, Mohammed bin Zayed City, which is planned to comprise 1,100 houses and apartments, as well as offering community services. Al Hayl Fort, a hilltop fortification that has been dated to 1932, stands over the restored old village of Hayl. The

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 ...

also contains a collection of petroglyphs, thought to date back to the Iron Age. Over 100 examples of rock art have been documented but a number are under threat because of the expansion of quarries as well as industrial sites and residential areas. The Kunud are thought to be descendants of Aswad Al Kindi, who moved to the area of Oman from Yemen in the time of

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Populated places in the Emirate of Fujairah Villages in the United Arab Emirates {{UnitedArabEmirates-geo-stub