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Umm al-Quwain
Umm al-Quwain is a town on a sandy peninsula of the Gulf coast, capital of the emirate of the same name in the United Arab Emirates. The Al Ali tribe under the Al Mualla family founded it in 1775, and it became one of the Trucial States under British protection before joining the UAE in 1971. Nearby lie the ancient sites of ed-Dur and Tell Abraq.
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