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Dubai has a free trade in gold and, until the 1990s, was the hub of a "brisk smuggling trade" [59] of gold ingots to India, where gold import was restricted. Dubai's Jebel Ali port, constructed in the 1970s, has the largest human-made harbour in the world and was ranked seventh globally for the volume of container traffic it supports. [165]
A view of the Dubai Creek from a harbour. The sandy desert surrounding the city supports wild grasses and occasional date palms. Desert hyacinths grow in the sabkha plains east of the city, while acacia and ghaf trees grow in the flat plains within the proximity of the Western Al Hajar mountains.
Trade Centre 1 (Arabic: االمركز التجاري الأول), aka Trade Centre First, is a locality in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.Located in western Dubai, Trade Centre 1 forms the northern half of the commercial and residential district on Sheikh Zayed Road.
The Emirates Towers (the tallest two buildings on the right) Exhibition at the Dubai Community Theatre & Arts Centre (DUCTAC) Golden Horses by South African sculptor Danie de Jager [] Men wearing the kandurah and the traditional ghotrah, held in place by an egal Al Fursan, the aerobatic demonstration team of the United Arab Emirates Air Force display at the 2013 Dubai Airshow SLS AMG Desert ...
Al Furjan is a property development in Jebel Ali, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. [2] Nakheel Properties heads the development and Azizi Developments owns the largest number of residential buildings. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] It borders Jebel Ali Village and is near Ibn Battuta Mall , the Gardens , and Expo 2020 . [ 6 ]
Al Awir, also spelled Al Aweer (Arabic: العوير) is a town in the Emirate of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, located about 35 kilometers from the city center. It has long been a centre of agriculture and camel breeding. [1] [2] Among many other Dubai families who have farms at Al Awir, Dubai's ruling Maktoum family maintains a farm in the ...
Al Sabkha is a small community between Al Rigga, Naif, Al Dhagaya and Al Buteen in the Deira region of eastern Dubai. Al Sabkha, literally meaning marshland is bounded to the east by Al Sabkha Road (109th Street), to the east by 21st Street and to the north by route D 82 (Al Naif Road).
Blue Bridge. Al Markada (Arabic: المركاض), also spelled Al Marked or Al Markad or Al Merkad, is a locality in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). Located in western Dubai in Bur Dubai, Al Markada is bordered to the north by Zabeel and Business Bay, to the south by Nad Al Sheba and Al Quoz and to the east by Bu Kadra.