Masfout

Masfout
Masfout
Coordinates: 24°48′54″N 56°5′52″E / 24.81500°N 56.09778°E / 24.81500; 56.09778
Country	United Arab Emirates
Emirate	Ajman
Area
• Land	86.59 km2 (33.43 sq mi)
Elevation	387 m (1,269 ft)
Population  (2017)
• Total	8,988
• Density	103.8/km2 (269/sq mi)

Masfout is a village that forms part of the eponymous exclave of Masfout in Ajman, one of the seven emirates forming the United Arab Emirates. It is surrounded by Ras Al Khaimah, the Dubai exclave of Hatta and Oman (Mahdha Wilayat of Al Buraimi Governorate). It is only accessible from Ajman itself by crossing territories of Sharjah, Ras Al Khaimah, and Oman.

At the census of 2017 the city had a population 8988 on an area of 86.59 km², which corresponds to a population density of 103.8 per km².^[1]

The village has a number of government facilities and municipal centres, including a dedicated courthouse built in 2017.^[2] The 13,500 square metre Waraqa Park surrounds the former house of the founder of Ajman, Sheikh Rashid bin Humaid Al Nuaimi.^[3]

In 2017 the Masfout Heights Resort Project was announced, intended as a mixed use hotel and tourism project.^[4] Digging water wells in the exclave was banned by the Ajman government as water depletion became an issue with over 80 unregulated wells sunk into the area's aquifers.^[5]

Masfout is home to UAE Division One football club Masfout CFC.

Masfout Fort is located on the craggy mountains above the village, restored in the 1940s by Sheikh Rashid bin Humaid. It was originally intended to protect against bandits heading to Oman.^[6] The village is also home to the 1815 Bin Sultan Mosque.

The nearby village forming the other densely inhabited part of the exclave is Sayh Mudayrah.