Qidfa

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Qidfa is a settlement and oasis in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates (UAE). It is the site of the Fujairah power and desalination plant, the largest in the UAE.{{cite web|url=http://gulfnews.com/business/construction/2-8b-qidfa-desalination-power-plant-set-to-be-largest-in-country-1.805623|title=$2.8b Qidfa desalination, power plant set to be largest in country|last=Bitar|first=Zaher|work=Gulf news|publisher=l Nisr Publishing|access-date=12 July 2012}}

Qidfa Oasis is the location of a Wadi Suq period (2,000 to 1,300 BCE) burial, a distinctive horse-shoe shaped tomb which is displayed at the Fujairah National Museum. The find at Qidfa was unusual in that the site yielded hundreds of weapons and vessels, including longswords, bows and arrows.{{Cite book|title=United Arab Emirates : a new perspective|url=https://archive.org/details/unitedarabemirat00vine|url-access=limited|date=2001|publisher=Trident Press|others=Abed, Ibrahim., Hellyer, Peter.|isbn=1900724472|location=London|pages=[https://archive.org/details/unitedarabemirat00vine/page/n45 46]|oclc=47140175}}

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Category:Oases of the United Arab Emirates