Editing Emirate of Ajman (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Ajman ar.jpg|thumb|Ajman city (middle) and Sharjah city (below)]]
The Emirate of Ajman covers {{convert|260|km2}}. 95% of the population lives in the city of Ajman.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.uaeinteract.com/docs/Ajman_population_at_over_262,000;_Population_up_by_12,000_and_Emiratis_account_for_16/46426.htm |title=Ajman population at over 262,000 |date=16 July 2011 |access-date= 30 November 2014 |website=UAE Interact |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150428043711/http://www.uaeinteract.com/docs/Ajman_population_at_over_262%2C000%3B_Population_up_by_12%2C000_and_Emiratis_account_for_16/46426.htm |archivedate=28 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Ajman population crosses the 262,000 mark|url=https://www.emirates247.com/news/ajman-population-crosses-the-262-000-mark-2011-08-16-1.413624|access-date=2021-08-10|website=www.emirates247.com|language=en|archive-date=10 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210810010832/https://www.emirates247.com/news/ajman-population-crosses-the-262-000-mark-2011-08-16-1.413624|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Manama and Masfout ===
As well as the city of Ajman, the emirate encompasses two landlocked exclaves, [[Manama, Ajman|Manama]] and [[Masfut|Masfout]]. Manama is located 73 kilometers to the capital's east, covering an area of 26&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>. Manama is in the plains at the foothills of the Hajjar Mountains some 60&nbsp;km east of Ajman city. It also consists of a little, primarily agricultural oasis containing quarries and mines of magnesium and chromium. While Masfout is in the mountains proper, some 110&nbsp;km southeast of Ajman City. It consists of a small town that provides essential services and valleys sustained by subsistence farming and marble quarrying.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":6" /><ref name=":7" /><ref name=":8">{{Cite book|last1=Cadène|first1=Philippe|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fSSzAQAAQBAJ&q=Manama+and+Masfout,+both+of+which+are+primarily+agricultural.&pg=PA68|title=Atlas of the Gulf States|last2=Dumortier|first2=Brigitte|date=2013-04-15|publisher=BRILL|isbn=978-90-04-24566-2|language=en|access-date=20 October 2021|archive-date=20 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230220102253/https://books.google.com/books?id=fSSzAQAAQBAJ&q=Manama+and+Masfout,+both+of+which+are+primarily+agricultural.&pg=PA68|url-status=live}}</ref>

The city and main territory of Ajman is bordered to the landward side by Sharjah, while Manama shares borders with Sharjah and Fujairah.<ref name=":8" /><ref name=":9">{{Cite web|title=Best In Travel Magazine Issue 57 // 2018 // Discover Ajman, UAE|url=https://issuu.com/bestintravel/docs/bitm-57/8|access-date=2021-08-11|website=Issuu|language=en|archive-date=11 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210811204759/https://issuu.com/bestintravel/docs/bitm-57/8|url-status=live}}</ref> Masfout borders Oman, Dubai (the village and exclave of Hatta) and Ras Al Khaimah. Both Manama and Masfout are fertile regions and support widespread agricultural development.<ref name=":9" />

Most of the main emirate's landmass is developed, with extensive suburbs stretching out almost to the E311 arterial road,<ref>{{Cite web|title=All About Major UAE Highways: E11, E311, E611 & More|url=https://www.bayut.com/mybayut/major-uae-highways/|access-date=2021-08-11|website=A blog about homes, trends, tips & life in the UAE|language=en-US|archive-date=1 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210101160749/https://www.bayut.com/mybayut/major-uae-highways/|url-status=live}}</ref> with light industrial zones and warehousing towards the northeast. Ajman's creek has been dredged and walled to form a port area and this is the location for the Ajman Port and the [[Ajman Free Zone]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.afza.gov.ae/en/| title = Ajman Free Zone| access-date = 25 November 2014| archive-date = 22 May 2016| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160522040312/http://www.afza.gov.ae/en/| url-status = live}} Ajman Free Zone</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=UAE Freezones: air and sea ports and free zones|url=https://gcc.mazars.com/Home/Contact-us/Frequently-Asked-Questions/Frequently-Asked-Questions-for-the-UAE/UAE-Freezones|access-date=2021-08-11|website=gcc.mazars.com|language=en-GB|archive-date=11 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210811205221/https://gcc.mazars.com/Home/Contact-us/Frequently-Asked-Questions/Frequently-Asked-Questions-for-the-UAE/UAE-Freezones|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Car catches fire in Dubai|url=https://gulfnews.com/uae/car-catches-fire-in-dubai-1.80924877|access-date=2021-08-11|website=gulfnews.com|language=en|archive-date=11 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210811205219/https://gulfnews.com/uae/car-catches-fire-in-dubai-1.80924877|url-status=live}}</ref> Ajman has a thriving textile industry and is home to some 15% of the UAE's manufacturing firms.<ref>{{Cite news|url = https://www.zawya.com/story/Manufacturing_boosts_UAE_GDP-ZAWYA20140323115442/|title = Manufacturing boosts UAE GDP|last = Johnson|first = Alice|date = 23 March 2014|work = Zawya|access-date = 30 November 2014|archive-date = 18 July 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150718183414/http://www.zawya.com/story/Manufacturing_boosts_UAE_GDP-ZAWYA20140323115442/|url-status = live}}</ref>

The small areas of sandy desert outside the city support scant seasonal growths of wild grasses and scrub, ghaf trees and occasional date palms.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.uaeinteract.com/nature/|title = Nature|date = 16 June 2011|access-date = 30 November 2014|website = UAE Interact|archive-date = 22 November 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151122112833/http://www.uaeinteract.com/nature/|url-status = dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Emirate of Ajman|url=https://www.mydubai.com.au/region/ajman/|access-date=2021-08-11|website=My Dubai|language=en-AU|archive-date=11 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210811205217/https://www.mydubai.com.au/region/ajman/|url-status=live}}</ref> Acacia and ghaf trees are to be found in abundance in Manama, which has long been established as an agricultural centre. Date palm groves and fruit tree plantations are characteristic of Masfout.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Al Manama|url=https://ajman.travel/en/destinations/al-manama/|access-date=2021-08-11|website=ajman.travel|archive-date=11 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210811205954/https://ajman.travel/en/destinations/al-manama/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Masfout and Manama - Enclaves of Ajman|url=http://www.virtualmarket.itb-berlin.com/en/Masfout-and-Manama-Enclaves-of-Ajman,p1703602|access-date=2021-08-11|website=ITB Berlin|language=en|archive-date=20 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230220102312/https://www.itb.com/en/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-03-05|title=10 Of The Best Things to do in Ajman|url=https://tropicalwarehouse.co.uk/blog/2021/03/things-to-do-in-ajman/|access-date=2021-08-11|website=Tropical Warehouse|language=en-US|archive-date=11 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210811205954/https://tropicalwarehouse.co.uk/blog/2021/03/things-to-do-in-ajman/|url-status=live}}</ref>