Dubai or Dubayy (in Arabic) refers to either
- one of the seven emirates that make up the United Arab Emirates on the Arabian Peninsula, or
- that emirate's main city, sometimes called "Dubai City" to distinguish it from the emirate.
The ruler of Dubai was the late H.H. Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum, who was also the Vice-President of the federation of the United Arab Emirates. The new Ruler who is also the Vice-President and the Prime Minister of the UAE is H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, who was earlier the crown prince of Dubai is one of the Sheikh's younger brothers. 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 is an exclave of the emirate of Dubai and borders Al Wajajah, Oman.
Dubai is distinct from other members of the UAE in that revenues from oil account for only 6% of its gross domestic product. A majority of the emirate's revenues are from the Jebel Ali Free Zone (JAFZ) [4] and now, increasingly, from tourism.
Information courtesy of Wikipedia
 Airports
Construction
Demographics
Education
Entertainment
History
Language and Religion
Modern Dubai
Ports
Real Estate and Property
Transportation
|
Home
