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The United Arab Emirates consists of seven emirates (Arabic: إمارات ʾimārāt; singular: إمارة ʾimārah), which were historically known as the Trucial States. [1] All emirates are founding members of the union, apart from Ras Al Khaima which joined two months after the rest. There is almost always full freedom of movement between ...
Dubai, the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates Map of the United Arab Emirates. The table below shows a list of every city in the UAE with a population of at least 10,000, listed in descending order.
United Arab Emirates – sovereign federation of seven states located southeast of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula in Southwest Asia, bordering Oman and Saudi Arabia. [1] The seven states, termed emirates, are Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras al-Khaimah, Sharjah, and Umm al-Quwain.
22 November 1886 – 7 April 1894 Rashid bin Maktoum: d. 1894 7 April 1894 – 16 February 1906 Maktoum bin Hasher Al Maktoum: d. 1906 16 February 1906 – November 1912 Butti bin Suhail Al Maktoum: b. 1851 – d. 1912 November 1912 – 15 April 1929 (1st time) Saeed bin Maktoum Al Maktoum: b. 1878 – d. 1958 15 April 1929 – 18 April 1929
A City Mayors survey ranked Dubai 44th among the world's best financial cities in 2007, [186] while another report by City Mayors indicated that Dubai was the world's 27th richest city in 2012, in terms of purchasing power parity (PPP). [187]
The emirate and the coterminous city is subdivided into nine numbered sectors. [6] Dubai is divided into 9 sectors of which 1 to 6 are urban and 7 to 9 are rural. In numbers of 2007: 1.511.423 urban, 18.369 rural, 1.529.792 total. The sectors are subdivided into 224 communities. In other sources, the sectors and communities are called districts ...
The United Arab Emirates witnessed the heaviest rainfall in 75 years this week, triggering massive flooding that swept away cars, caused flights to be canceled and left multiple people dead.
Dubai Media City is home to diverse news and tech companies. The UAE's media is annually classified as "not free" in the Freedom of the Press report by Freedom House. [328] The UAE ranks poorly in the annual Press Freedom Index by Reporters without Borders. Dubai Media City is the UAE's main media zone.