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Dubai is the second most expensive city in the region and 20th most expensive city in the world. [135] As of 2013, only about 15% of the emirate's population was made up of UAE nationals, [136] with the rest comprising expatriates, many of whom either have been in the country for generations or were born in the UAE.
New York City United States: Populous: New York City Industrial Development Agency: 2009 1.50 1.89 Termoelektrarna Šoštanj blok 6 [37] [circular reference] Šoštanj Slovenia: n.a. Government of Slovenia: 2014 1.6 1.83 Burj Khalifa: Dubai United Arab Emirates: Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill: Emaar Properties: 2010 1.5 [38] 1.86 CapitaSpring ...
The architect claimed that "the client wanted a building that would become a symbolic statement for Dubai, similar to Sydney with its Opera House, London with Big Ben or Paris with the Eiffel Tower. It needed to be a building that would become synonymous with the name of the city." [23] The building opened in 1999 after five years of construction.
The Dubai Waterfront is expected to become the largest waterfront and largest man-made development in the world. 7 Skydive Dubai: Nakheel Properties: 2012: 1.06 km 2 (0.41 sq mi) 8 Dubai Maritime City: Dubai Holding: Complete: AED 3 billion: 2.27 km 2 (0.88 sq mi) It will be the world's first purpose-built maritime centre. 9 Jumeirah Garden ...
Sports and Outdoor World 19 km 2 (7.4 mile²), which will include Dubai Sports City, Dubai Golf City, Emerat Sports World, Plantation Equestrian and Polo Club and the Dubai Autodrome. Downtown 1.8 km 2 (0.7 mile²), which will include the City of Arabia ( Mall of Arabia , which will be the world's largest shopping mall), City Walk, the Great ...
For the best of Dubai’s luxury living, you can’t do better than these extravagant hotel suites and exclusive villas — some of the city’s, and the world’s, most extravagant and expensive ...
Al Maktoum International has already been open for 13 years, but Dubai Airports says it plans to transform it into the biggest, busiest airport in the world by far.
As a result of this boom, modern Islamic – and world – architecture has been taken to new levels in skyscraper building design and technology. Dubai now has more completed or topped-out skyscrapers higher than 2 ⁄ 3 km (2,200 ft), 1 ⁄ 3 km (1,100 ft), or 1 ⁄ 4 km (820 ft) than any other city .