Emirate of Ajman

<p>The Emirate of Ajman  (<a href="/facts/Gulf_Arabic/tXdGnzVY">Gulf Arabic</a>: إمارة عيمان emāratʿymān) is one of the seven <a href="/facts/Emirates_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates/SrgWSBAE">emirates</a> of the <a href="/facts/United_Arab_Emirates/o1bEjgbR">United Arab Emirates</a>. It joined the United Arab Emirates federation on December 2, 1971. It has an area of 259 square kilometers (100 sq mi), which makes it the smallest of the emirates in terms of area, while its population of approximately 504,846 in 2017 according to the Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Center makes it the fourth most populous emirate in the country. It is named after the city of <a href="/facts/Ajman/442XJluM">Ajman</a>, which is its seat of government. The main landmass of the emirate is a <a href="/facts/Semi-enclave/AFKB4LW6">semi-enclave</a>, surrounded on the north, east, and south by the <a href="/facts/Emirate_of_Sharjah/5dhYS3WF">Emirate of Sharjah</a>.
</p><p>Located on the coast of the Persian Gulf, Ajman also controls two small inland exclaves: <a href="/facts/Manama,_Ajman/v9k1t551">Manama</a> and <a href="/facts/Masfut/t81pExjf">Masfout</a>, both of which are primarily agricultural.  Approximately 95% of the population of the emirate resides in the city of Ajman, which forms part of the <a href="/facts/Dubai-Sharjah-Ajman_metropolitan_area/zUJwqBa4">Dubai-Sharjah-Ajman metropolitan area</a>. Ajman is ruled by Sheikh <a href="/facts/Humaid_bin_Rashid_Al_Nuaimi_III/v6jB5ASC">Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi III</a> of the <a href="/facts/Na%27im/qsQQBAeu">Na'im</a> tribe. The Crown Prince of the emirate is Sheikh <a href="/facts/Ammar_bin_Humaid_Al_Nuaimi/QGYWbsKa">Ammar bin Humaid Al Nuaimi</a>.
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Emirate of Ajman