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The United Arab Emirates is situated in the Middle East and West Asia, bordering the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf, between Oman and Saudi Arabia; it is at a strategic location along the northern approaches to the Strait of Hormuz, a vital transit point for world crude oil. [2] The UAE lies between 22°50′ and 26° north latitude and ...
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.
The tower is the tallest between a complex conjoined between four other buildings in a major building project called the Tameer Towers, owned by the Tameer corporation. The Tameer Towers are located in a section of the city Abu Dhabi called Al Reem Island, which is a new development area for the city. The commercial building itself is ...
The World Trade Center Abu Dhabi is a complex of two skyscrapers in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. [2] Construction of these towers was scheduled to end in 2010, though the 2008 financial crisis pushed the project completion date to 2014. The complex includes two malls, and one Courtyard by Marriott hotel.
126,700[ 2] King Abdulaziz International Airport[ a] ( IATA: JED, ICAO: OEJN, colloquially referred to as Jeddah Airport, Jeddah International Airport, or KAIA ), is a major international airport serving the cities of Jeddah and Mecca in Saudi Arabia, located 19 kilometres (12 mi) north of Jeddah and covering an area of 105 square kilometres ...
Jeddah ( English: / ˈdʒɛdə / JED-ə ), alternatively transliterated as Jedda, Jiddah or Jidda ( / ˈdʒɪdə / JID-ə; Arabic: جِدَّة, romanized : Jidda, Hejazi Arabic pronunciation: [ˈ (d)ʒɪd.da] ), is a port city in Makkah Province, Saudi Arabia, located along the Red Sea coast in the Hejaz region. Jeddah is the commercial ...
At the time, Al Bateen Airport (then called Abu Dhabi International Airport) was the main international airport serving the city (Abu Dhabi Airfield was the other old airport). Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan had realized that it was hard to access the airport, as it was located on Abu Dhabi Island and that the island at the time was ...
Abu Dhabi is located in the far west and southwest part of the United Arab Emirates along the southern coast of the Persian Gulf between latitudes 22°40' and around 25° north and longitudes 51° and around 56° east. [ 21] It borders the emirate of Dubai and emirate of Sharjah to its north.