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Qasr Al Hosn is the oldest building in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, built by the Bani Yas tribe in 1761. It was once the seat of the government and the palace of the ruling Al Nahyan family. Today, it is a museum open to all visitors portraying the history of Abu Dhabi and early lifestyles.
The extraordinary increase in population in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi during the past half-century has made the size, structure and distribution of the population a key concern for future development. The population of Abu Dhabi reached 1.968 million in mid-2010, with an average annual growth rate of 9.6% since 1960 - among the highest in the world.
1966 - Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan becomes ruler of Abu Dhabi. [5] 1968 - Population: 46,375. [6] 1969 - Al Bateen Airport begins operating on Abu Dhabi Island. 1971 December: Abu Dhabi becomes part of the newly formed United Arab Emirates. [5] Abu Dhabi National Oil Company established. [7] 1972 - Al-Ittihad newspaper in publication. [8]
Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, also known as MBZ, is the third president of the United Arab Emirates and the ruler of Abu Dhabi. The traditional dress often worn by Emirati men includes the Kandura ,or " dishdasha ," which is a long white robe, an ankle-length white shirt woven from wool or cotton, and the Ghutra , a traditional headdress ...
The Emirate of Abu Dhabi has 31.2%, meaning that over two-thirds of the UAE population lives in either Abu Dhabi or Dubai. Abu Dhabi has an area of 67,340 square kilometres (26,000 square miles), which is 86.7% of the country's total area, excluding the islands.
Decorated stone cup from Umm Al Nar site, Abu Dhabi on display at the Louvre Abu Dhabi Umm al-Nar tomb at Mleiha, Emirate of Sharjah. Umm Al Nar (also known as Umm an-Nar) was a Bronze Age culture variously defined by archaeologists as existing around 2600 to 2000 BCE in the area of the modern-day UAE and Oman.
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Statistics of the seven emirates Map Historical Flag [2] Emirate Arabic name Date joined the UAE Capital Population (2015) [3] [4] % of total population Area (km 2) [3] Area (sq mi)