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about Dubai

Dubai or Dubayy (in Arabic: دبي) is both one of the seven emirates that make up the United Arab Emirates on the Arabian Peninsula, and the main city of the emirate, sometimes called "Dubai City" if necessary to distinguish.

The emir of Dubai is H.H. Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum, who is also the Prime Minister of the federation of the United Arab Emirates. The crown prince is H.H. Shiekh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the emir's younger brother.

Dubai is the second largest emirate in the federation after Abu Dhabi. The emirate is located on the Persian Gulf, southwest of Sharjah and northeast of Abu Dhabi, and reaches into the interior. The town of Hatta, forms the southern portion of the emirate of Dubai and borders with Wajajah, Oman.

Dubai has been nicknamed the "Singapore" or the "Hong Kong" of the Middle East.

Dubai history

There was a pearl-diving and fishing community at the mouth of Dubai Creek for many centuries, but modern Dubai dates its existence to the 1830s when the Bani Yas tribe under the Al-Maktoum family settled there and renounced allegiance to Abu Dhabi. Successive sheikhs encouraged contacts with outsiders, especially the British, who made Dubai a regular port of call.

Dubai became one of the Trucial States in 1853. It joined the UAE on December 2, 1971. It has since become a large and modern city, with an estimated population of close to a million in 2004.

Dubai has since become an important tourist destination and is diversifying as an important hub for service based industries such as IT. The government has set up enclaves for industry specific corporations. Dubai Internet City is one such enclave and houses IT companies such as Oracle, Microsoft and IBM.

Near cities to Dubai

• Sharjah travel guide 14 km
• Umm al travel guide 41 km
• Abu Dhabi travel guide 130 km
• Bandar Anzali travel guide 230 km
• Bandar Abbas travel guide 230 km
• Lar travel guide 280 km
• Doha travel guide 380 km
• Muscat travel guide 380 km
• Manama travel guide 480 km
• Bam travel guide 520 km

Near webcams to Dubai

• Dubai webcam 4.1 km
• Dubai webcam 6.5 km
• Dubai webcam 6.5 km
• Abu Dhabi Corniche webcam 130 km
• U.S. School webcam 850 km
• Karachi webcam 1 200 km
• Tehran webcam 1 200 km
• Jerevan webcam 1 900 km
• Jerusalem - Olive Hill webcam 2 100 km
• Jerusalem - Golden Gate webcam 2 100 km

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