Dubai

Emirate of Dubai 

Emirate of Dubai (pronounced locally literary) is one of the emirates of the United Arab Emirates, Dubai is the second largest emirate in the Union after the Emirate of Abu Dhabi with an area of ​​4,114 km 2, which is equivalent to approximately 5% of the UAE space.

The number of 2.262 million residents of the emirate's largest Emirate populous in the UAE Federation of whom 214,000 citizens and the rest of the foreigners, equivalent to 9.5% of the total population. Dubai challenge each of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi in the West and the emirate of Sharjah in the east, and is considered the economic capital of the United Arab Emirates, has evolved considerably over the past years. Free and active in the emirate's economy and the lack of a tax system played a major role in attracting investors from all over the world. The emirate of Dubai is located between Abu Dhabi and Sharjah.

Characterized by the emirate of Dubai that the economic income does not depend on oil revenues primarily unlike the rest of the Arab Gulf states, where Dubai's economy depends on trade, real estate, financial services and also on tourism. Oil and gas make up 6% of the total economy. Brought great economic and construction boom in the emirate of Dubai international fame to the world occupies a prominent place.

History

Al Fahidi Fort is the oldest building in Dubai, which was built in 1799, a new wing of the Dubai Museum

Directorate-Ras in Deira years sixties

We can say that the establishment of Dubai back to the thirties of the nineteenth century (particularly in 1833) [2] [3] when he settled nearly 800 people belonging to the Bani Yas tribe, led by the Al Maktoum at the creek area. The creek at the time is a natural port for the region, which later led to the emergence of Dubai as a hub for fishing and pearl trade.

With the beginning of the twentieth century was a popular port of Dubai, Dubai's total population was about 20,000 people, and the form of residents Menhm.obad the discovery of oil in the quarter 1966 rate, Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum, worked on oil imports and investment in infrastructure for the development of Dubai. So, the construction of schools, hospitals and roads. And laid the foundations of that period in modern communications network and transport, has also been in the custody of the construction of the building and the Port novice at Dubai International Airport has been the development of the runway to accommodate all types of aircraft. [4]

Geography

Climate

Dubai's climate is characterized by very hot. Summer in Dubai is extremely hot, and the wind is saturated with moisture, with high average temperatures during the day to 40 degrees (104 degrees Fahrenheit) and landing at night to about 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit). Most sunny days throughout the year. Winter warm with average temperatures 24 degrees Celsius (73 degrees Fahrenheit) during the day and 14 ° C (57 ° F) at night. However, it has been increasing in the last few decades of accumulated rainfall of up to 150 mm (5.91 inches) per year.