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Ras Al
Khaimah
Ras Al Khaimah
is the northerly Emirate at UAE's West
Coast.
 The ruler of Ras Al Khaimah
is His Highness Shaikh Saud Bin Saqr Al
Qasimi.
It is in the northern part of the UAE
bordering Oman. The capital city and home
of most residents is also called Ras al-Khaimah.
The city has two main sections, Old Ras Al
Khaimah and Nakheel, on either side of a
creek. It is served by the Ras Al Khaimah
International Airport in Al Jazirah Al
Hamra.
Population
Ras al-Khaimah is estimated to have a
total population of 300,000. While UAE
citizens officially make up less than 20%
of the population in the UAE, this figure
is higher in Ras al-Khaimah. Emiratis are
thought to make up at least 50% of the
emirates population. The official
language of the UAE is Arabic, although
English is widely used in business
circles. A significant portion of the
expatriate population also speaks Hindi,
Malayalam,Tamil, Urdu, Bengali, Persian
and other languages of the subcontinent. |
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Economy
Ras al-Khaimah is not a major oil
producer, so it has focussed on developing
its industrial sector. It opened the UAE's
first cement company in the early 1970s
and is now the UAE's largest producer of
cement. In the 1980s, the emirate formed
Ras al-Khaimah Ceramics, which has become
the world's largest ceramics producer, and
Gulf Pharmaceutical Industries (Julphar),
the Persian Gulf region's first
pharmaceuticals company. It is trying to
emerge as an investment destination par
excellence. However it suffers from great
electricity shortages, which has caused
some residential buildings to be
abandoned.
 The
annual Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon, first
held in 2007, has called the attention of
the world's sporting media to the region.
The organisers invest much in the IAAF-label
race in order to attract the world's top
athletes, resulting in a world record from
Samuel Wanjiru in 2007 and the second
fastest run of all-time from Patrick Makau
Musyoki in 2009. Traditional occupations of this
Emirate are mainly fishing, trading & agriculture,
which have been heavily modernized to meet
the demands of UAE's economy. |
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Taxation and
companies law
New legislation and regulations adopted by
Ras al-Khaimah authorities favour big
international interest for offshore
business purposes. The combination of
security and confidentiality is ensured to
entrepreneurs. An international company
may only have foreign customers and is not
liable for paying local taxes. It can open
a local bank account, make investments
tax-free, obtain mortgages for investing
in UAE assets. Employment visas are
available. When approved, this type of
company can own property in UAE free trade
zones.
No income, sales or wealth taxes are
payable by individuals. No corporate taxes
are charged. In addition, there are no
exchange controls, no withholding nor
import or export taxes.
Education
Ras al Khaimah has a large number of
government-run Arabic-medium
schoolsprimary, elementary and higher
secondary. There are also English-medium
schools which offer varied curricula to
suit the expatriate community, with
syllabi such as GCSE, IGCSE, A Levels, O
Levels, CBSE, Kerala State-Board (Indian
Syllabi), Dhaka Board (Bangladeshi
Syllabi) etc.
Ras Al Khaimah English Speaking School
The International School of Choueifat
Indian School Ras Al Khaimah
The New Indian Higher Secondary School
Indian Public High School
Scholars Indian School
Bangladesh Islamia School
Pakistani Higher Secondary School
There are also a number of higher
education institutions including some
branches of foreign universities:
The University of Bolton
Ittihad University
American University of Ras Al Khaimah
Royal College of Applied Science and
Technology
Birla Institute of Technology
Ras al-Khaimah Medical and Health
Sciences University
Ras Al Khaimah College of Dental
Sciences
George Mason University Ras Al Khaimah
campus
Birla Institute of Technology
International Centre, Ras Al Khaimah
Higher Colleges of Technology
The University of Pune (UoP)
Bharati Vidyapeeth University (BVU)
Vatel International Business School for
Hotel and Tourism Management
Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School
of Nutrition Science and Policy
Ιcole Polytechnique Fιdιrale de Lausanne
Transport
Ras Al Khaimah city, the main mode of
transport are metered taxis, with public
buses operating on long-haul routes and
catering mainly to smaller towns, e.g.
Sha`am, Rams, and Jazeerah-al-Hamra. The
newly constructed Emirates Road (E311
Highway) traverses the emirates of Umm Al
Quwain, Ajman (60 km) and Sharjah (71 km)
to finally end up in Dubai (87 km). The
new highway allows journeys from Ras Al
Khaimah to Dubai in under 45 minutes.
Saqr Port, located in the industrial area
of Khor Khuwair, is the Emirate's main
port, providing bulk and container
services. It has eight deep water berths,
each 200 m long, is dredged to 12.2 m and
has two ro-ro ramps plus specialised
berths for handling bulk cement and
aggregate. Other services include ship
handling, crew changes and 40,000 m2 of
covered storage together with a vast open
storage area. It is also the closest port
in the UAE to Bandar Abbas in Iran,
however there is no shipping from Saqr
port to Bandar Abbas.
Ras Al Khaimah International Airport is
currently undergoing an upgrade. It
operates cargo and passenger services to a
variety of destinations covering the
Middle East, North & East Africa, Central
Asia, India and the Far East. Open 24
hours a day and 7 days a week, the airport
has an open skies policy with no
restrictions no frequencies and time of
arrival / departure; offers competitive
tariffs and storage facilities; is not
congested, and has a full offering of
duty-free goods, among other services.
Shopping Malls
The following are some of the major
shopping centres in Ras Al Khaimah:
Manar Mall (also known as Carrefour by
the expatriate community) - the oldest
shopping mall in Ras al-Khaimah and the
most popular due to its location in the
heart of the city. The mall contains one
of the two cinemas in Ras al-Khaimah -
Almassa Cinema
Stores include:
Axiom Telecom
Lulu centre
Safeer Mall - a newly installed mall as
of 2009
Stores include:
Axiom Telecom
Al Hamra Mall - a newly installed mall
as of 2009
Stores include:
Axiom Telecom
Safeer Market
Kerala Super Market
Al Wafa Super Market
Al Manama Hypermarket
Healthcare
There are two government hospitals (Saqr
Hospital and Saif Bin Ghobash Hospital)
and a private multispecialty hospital (RAK
Hospital) which is promoted by Arabian
Healthcare LLC, a joint venture between
the Government of Ras Al Khaimah and the
Dubai-based ETA Star Group, and managed by
the Swiss healthcare provider "Sonnenhof-Swisshealth".
Ras al-Khaimah Hospital has been
accredited by "Joint Commission
International" (JCI) and "Swiss Leading
Hospitals". |
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