Al Badiyah

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| official_name = Al Badiyah

| native_name = {{lang|ar|ٱلْبَدِيَة}}

| native_name_lang = ar

| other_name = Al-Bidyah
{{lang|ar|ٱلْبِدْيَة}}

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| image_skyline = 2011-0209-Al Badiyah Mosque.jpg

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| map_caption = Location in the U.A.E.

| pushpin_map = United Arab Emirates

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = United Arab Emirates

| subdivision_type1 = Emirate

| subdivision_name1 = Fujairah

| subdivision_type2 = Town

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| government_type = Monarchy

| leader_party = Al Sharqi

| leader_title = Emir

| leader_name = Sheikh Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi

| leader_title1 = Crown Prince

| leader_name1 = Mohammad bin Hamad Al Sharqi

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| population_as_of = 2015

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| population_total = 7,153[https://www.city-facts.com/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A9/population City Facts]

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| timezone = UTC+4

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| coordinates = {{coord|25|25|53|N|56|20|54|E|dim:1000_region:AE_type:city|display=inline,title}}

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| elevation_ft = 111

| elevation_m = 33

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| image_caption = Al-Bidya mosque

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Al-Badiyah ({{langx|ar|ٱلْبَدِيَة}}) or Al-Bidyah ({{lang|ar|ٱلْبِدْيَة}}) is a settlement in the Emirate of Fujairah, the United Arab Emirates. It is the site of a historical mosque of the same name, which is the oldest functional mosque in the country, dating back to the 15th century.{{cite news |url=http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/general/designs-on-the-past-1.432084 |title=Designs on the past |newspaper=Gulf News |date=10 December 2001 |access-date=1 August 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.planetware.com/fujairah/ottoman-mosque-uae-fuj-bidyah.htm |title=Al-Bidyah Mosque |work=12 Top-Rated Tourist Attractions in Fujairah |first=Jess |last=Lee |publisher=Planetware |access-date=7 August 2018}}{{cite news |url=http://www.thenational.ae/news/worldwide/south-asia/the-oldest-mosque-in-the-country |title=The oldest mosque in the country |newspaper=The National |location=UAE |date=4 December 2010 |access-date=18 April 2011}}

Portuguese fort

Remains of a Portuguese era fort have been discovered in the village by a team of Australian archaeologists. The fort, originally called 'Libidia', was identified from a 16th-century map. Its walls were constructed using rock recovered from a nearby tower dated back to the third millennium BCE.{{Cite book |title=United Arab Emirates : a new perspective |year=2001 |publisher=Trident Press |last1=Abed |first1=Ibrahim |last2=Hellyer |first2=Peter |isbn=1-9007-2447-2 |location=London |page=92 |oclc=47140175}} These walls, some {{convert|60|m|ft|abbr=off}} in length, are joined in a square with towers on each corner and stand today at a height of up to a meter. Finds at the site of the fort include locally made pottery dating back to the 17th and 18th centuries, and charcoal samples unearthed were carbon dated to 1450–1600, within the context of the Portuguese presence in the Gulf.{{Cite journal |last=Ziolkowski |first=Michelle |date=Winter 1999 |title=Excavations at al-Bidiyya: new light on the Portuguese presence in the Emirates |journal=Tribulus |pages=19–20}}File:Libedia Oman.jpg

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Category:Populated places in the Emirate of Fujairah

Category:Villages in the United Arab Emirates