Where is sharjah

A common slogan used around the city to describe the family friendly atmosphere of the city. The word Sharq short form of Mashriq means east in Arabic. Sharjah is east of Abu Dhabi and Dubai, thus its name. Its classical Arabic form is "Al Shareqah".

Sharjah is very closely connected to Dubai through the Dubai-Sharjah-Ajman metropolitan area, with commuter traffic creating rush hour traffic jams. Many people live in Sharjah but work in Dubai, hence traffic from Sharjah to Dubai and Dubai to Sharjah is largely expected in rush hours.

The emirate is considerably larger than Dubai, with coastline on both west and east coasts of the peninsula, and with exclaves of Kalba, Khor Fakkan, and Dibba Al Hisn. The road to the east coast goes through rugged Al Hajar mountains. Public buildings in the Emirate are all in Umayyad and Abbasid architecture, and were all designed by the present Shaikh a qualified architect. Therefore, the city offers a nice visual change and a more cultural atmosphere from the usual fare of skyscrapers in other Emirates.

The Sharjah Commerce and Tourism website [dead link] has sections on business, heritage, leisure, education, and coast. As in the rest of the UAE, Arabic is the official language, although most residents speak other languages - particularly Hindi, Urdu and Tagalog. English is widely spoken in shops, souqs, and hotels. For visa requirements to visit Sharjah, see the United Arab Emirates page. There is a shuttle bus connecting the airport with Sharjah centre Rolla running every 30 min 5 dirham.

Public bus route 10 dirham runs hourly from the airport via Al Qusais Bus station to the Metro's Rashidiya station in Dubai.

To go to Dubai International Airport by taxi will set you back at around dirham. You can travel by public bus to or from Dubai International Airport by using Dubai's local bus service and the inter-Emirate bus service.

Bus travel to Dubai is possible via an inter-emirate bus service run by the Government of Dubai Road and Transport Authority. Most buses arrive at A bus from Sharjah to Dubai can take about 1 hr and costs 5 dirham. Timetables can be found at the RTA website.

Taxis are widely available. Taxis can travel from other emirates such as from Dubai to Sharjah or from Ajman to Sharjah and vice versa without any restrictions. Traveling from farther emirates such as Abu Dhabi or Ras Al Khaimah is also an option, but taxi fares may be costly. Ride-share applications such as Uber and Careem are also an option and can be used to travel across emirates.

You may also call the government sponsored Sharjah taxi service [dead link] to request a taxis to come to your location. Public buses are by Sharjah Transport, [1] [dead link] There are seven local and three express routes. Cairo 2, Kilometer. London 5, Kilometer. Chongqing 4, Kilometer.

Chengdu 3, Kilometer. Baghdad 1, Kilometer. Nanjing 5, Kilometer. Tehran 1, Kilometer. Nanchong 4, Kilometer. Hong Kong 4, Kilometer. Lahore 1, Kilometer. Shenyang 5, Kilometer. Hangzhou 5, Kilometer.

Rio de Janeiro 9, Kilometer. Harbin 6, Kilometer. Suzhou 5, Kilometer. Shantou 4, Kilometer. Bangkok 3, Kilometer. Bengaluru 2, Kilometer. Saint Petersburg 4, Kilometer. Santiago 11, Kilometer. Kolkata 2, Kilometer. Sydney 10, Kilometer. Yangon 3, Kilometer. Jinan 5, Kilometer. Chennai 2, Kilometer. Zhengzhou 4, Kilometer.

Melbourne 9, Kilometer. Riyadh Kilometer. Changchun 5, Kilometer. Dalian 5, Kilometer. Los Angeles 13, Kilometer. Chattogram 2, Kilometer.

Kunming 3, Kilometer. Places near Sharjah Ajman City. Umm Al Quwain City. Adh Dhayd. Ras Al Khaimah City. Reef Al Fujairah City.

Dibba Al-Fujairah. Dibba Al-Hisn. Al Fujairah City. Al Shamkhah City. Khalifah A City. Abu Dhabi. Al Ain City. Bani Yas City. Bandar-e Lengeh. Bandar Abbas. Zayed City.