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BASIC INFORMATION
• Dubai is the most poppulat city in UAE.
• Dubai is the capital of Dubai emirate.
• Lenguage: Arab.
• Oficial religion: Islam.
• Government: Constitutional monarchy.
• Prime minister of UAE: Mohamed bin Rashid Al Maktum.
The mayority of tthe land is desert
It is on the Persian gulf, north-eastern
coast of the Arabian Peninsula.
Borders:
• In thesouth: Abu Dhabi
• In the north: Ras Al Khaimah
• In the east: Ajman
• In the west: sea
GEOGRPHY
URBAN PLAN AND URBAN CONSTRUCTION
Types of buildings:
• Skyscrapers
• Duplex
• Villas
Main districts: (tacks)
URBANIZATION
Dubai has been the faster city
to grow in the wolrd.
https://earthengine.google.or
g/#intro/CreationOfDubai
ECONOMY
Main sources of income:
Before 1969
• Business.
• Fishing.
• Pearl trading.
After 1969
• Oil.
• Business.
Now 2015
• Tertiary sector.
• Business.
POPULATION
Nacionality Percentage
UAE (mostly
Paki,
Bangladeshi,
Indian, Filipino,
Sri Lankan)
20%
expatriates 80%
1990 1985 1995 2005 2010 2013
population 263,449 354,175 669,181 1,305,060 1,874,729 2,173,344
density 236
hab/km2
318
hab/km2
600
hab/km2
1171
hab/km2
1682
hab/km2
1905
hab/km2
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
• Water supply.
• Global warming.
• Electricity supply.
• Natural resources
• Pollution.
• Water
DUBAI IN THE HISTORY
• 1833: Dubai break away form
shaikhdom of abu dhabi.
• 1966: Oil is discovered.
• 1971:The UAE was created.
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