Madha

25.356.283333333333Koordinaten: 25 ° 18 ' N, 56 ° 17' O

Madha (Arabic مدحاء, DMG Madha ʾ ) or Wadi Madha is a district of the Sultanate of Oman and Musandam Governorate belongs to. Its peculiarity is that it is completely surrounded by the territory of the United Arab Emirates and thus forms an exclave. Its size is about 75 square kilometers. The border was finally established in 1969. The district is located about halfway between the main area of Oman and another exclave of Oman, Musandam Peninsula. He has both a distance of about 40 kilometers. The northeastern corner of the enclave is located just 10 meters from the main coastal road, but which extends several kilometers inland here.

The city of New Madha (25 ° 17 ' N, 56 ° 20' O25.28416666666756.336944444444 ) is the administrative center of the enclave.

Within this area there is, curiously, in turn, a tiny enclave called Nahwa that belongs to the emirate of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates. The village has about 40 houses Nahwa.

At the census in 2003 lived in Madha 2,260 inhabitants, of whom 706 were foreigners.