In pictures: Dubai - from a village dependent on the fish trade to the most famous city in the world

Written By ناصر حداد on 2015/08/07

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.

<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr">ArabiaWeather.com - The Emirate of Dubai is the second largest emirate in the federation after the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, with an area of 4,114 km2, which is equivalent to approximately 5% of the UAE&#39;s area. At first, it relied on fish and pearl trade, and after 1966 when oil was discovered, Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum invested oil revenues in developing Dubai&#39;s infrastructure. So the construction of schools, hospitals and roads.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The Emirate of Dubai has developed over the last 30 years to become a civilizational base and a point of communication between all countries of the world. The Emirate of Dubai is characterized by the fact that its economic income does not depend mainly on oil revenues, as Dubai&#39;s economy relies on trade, real estate and financial services, as well as on tourism. Dubai includes the tallest tower in the world, which was officially inaugurated on January 4, 2010, and it is the tallest tower in the world with a height of 828 meters.</p>

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.


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