Is Madha really an exclave with an enclave inside it?
Yes. Madha is an exclave of Oman entirely surrounded by the United Arab Emirates and governed as part of Musandam, and Nahwa, which belongs to Sharjah, sits inside Madha as a counter-enclave. Both are published, along with the areas of 93.34 km2 and 4.40 km2 and the populations of 4,306 and 302.
Why does the page not give a single land area for Oman here?
Because the sources do not resolve it. Nothing found states whether the 93.34 square kilometres includes Nahwa or excludes it. If it includes it, Omani land is 88.94; if it excludes it, 93.34. Choosing one quietly would be exactly the failure the page is about, so both readings are stated and neither is adopted.
Is there a Modern Age Coders centre in Madha?
No. No premises are claimed in Madha, in Musandam or anywhere else. Classes are live online and need a laptop or desktop, working audio, a current browser and a stable connection. The page describes where the service reaches, not a building.
What does a correct implementation look like?
Store the geometry with its interior ring, so the shape in the data has the same hole the ground does. Then resolve membership against an authority rather than inferring it from a shape at all, and keep a test case whose point sits inside Nahwa so the difference between the two approaches stays visible.
Do you teach adults in Madha as well as school students?
Yes, to an upper limit of 67. The adult track covers Python, databases and analytics. Anyone maintaining territory, delivery zone, franchise or coverage boundaries has met some version of this, usually the week a customer turned out to be in a hole nobody had modelled. Real data of your own works best where it is yours to share.
What comes out of this project?
A geometry that carries its interior rings, an area figure that states whether it is gross or net, a membership test that asks the right question, and a test case sitting inside the hole. Those four keep working in any mapping stack.
How much do Madha coding classes cost?
The first class is free. Standard group tuition is USD 100 per month for two live lessons each week, normally eight lessons monthly. Standard private tuition is USD 150 per month for one learner with one teacher on the same usual frequency. Course, format, recurring time and availability are confirmed before payment.
What is the class size for Madha learners?
A group normally contains five to eight compatible learners. Compatibility includes current level, learning pace and objective, not age alone. Private tuition is one learner with one teacher. If no suitable group is ready, a learner can discuss private tuition or wait for an appropriate cohort.
How are Madha class times arranged?
Oman is one and a half hours behind India. The teacher and learner agree a recurring time before payment, generally for two live lessons each week. Friday and Saturday options may be discussed subject to availability. School, work and travel schedules, examinations and Ramadan routines should be mentioned before confirmation.
What happens in the free Madha class?
We work out what the learner is trying to become able to do and set one task pitched there. A child sorts counters on a paper ring with a hole cut out of it. A teenager computes the land and the headcount both ways and explains the gap. An adult is asked whether any boundary they maintain has a hole in it that the data does not know about. It ends with a named course, a chosen format, an agreed time and a stated fee in USD, and no charge for the hour itself.
