Manama is one of the two inland exclaves of the emirate of Ajman — the other being Masfout — and lies in the plain between the territories of Sharjah and Fujairah. Like Masfout it is separated from the main body of Ajman by other emirates' land, and it is reached by crossing Sharjah.
The place
Manama is a small town in a farming area, with date palms, fodder crops and livestock, and it sits on a route that historically connected the coast with the interior and with the eastern mountains. It is quiet and rural, with no tourism infrastructure.
Why an exclave
The exclaves exist because the ruling families of the region held and exchanged territory over decades before the federation, and the boundaries were settled on paper only in the mid-twentieth century. Manama and Masfout remained with Ajman, while the land between them was held by Sharjah. The arrangement is preserved in the present federal map.
Visiting
Manama is visited incidentally by travellers crossing between Sharjah and the east, and it has a small fort. There is no visitor infrastructure, and it is best treated as part of a mountain and interior drive rather than a destination.