Ghuwaifat (Arabic: ٱلْغُوَيْفَات) is a small town in the far west of the emirate of Abu Dhabi. The place forms a border crossing to Saudi Arabia on the transit road to Qatar.
Ghuwaifat ٱلْغُوَيْفَات (in Arabic) | |
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  Ghuwaifat Location of Ghuwaifat in the UAE | |
| Coordinates: 24°04′38″N 51°45′47″E / 24.07722°N 51.76306°E | |
| Country | United Arab Emirates |
| Emirate | Abu Dhabi |
| Municipal region | Al Gharbia |
| Government | |
| • Type | Absolute monarchy |
| • Emir | Mohammad bin Zayed Al Nahyan |
| • Ruler's Representative of the Western Region of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi | Hamdan bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (UAE Standard Time) |
Ghuwaifat belongs to the urban area of Sila, which extends in the west to the border with Saudi Arabia.[1]
An x-ray facility that transilluminates a complete truck at once was installed there a few years ago. Abu Dhabi Airport Duty Free also opened a small shop in 2004. In 2007, 2,900,000 people crossed the border at Ghuwaifat.[2]