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Dubai (d bī`), sheikhdom (1995 pop. 674,101), c.1,500 sq mi (3,890 sq km), part of the federation of seven United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates, federation of sheikhdoms (2005 est. pop. 2,563,000), c.30,000 sq mi (77,700 sq km), SE Arabia, on the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman...... Click the link for more information. , SE Arabia, on the Persian Gulf. Nearly all of the sheikhdom's settled population is concentrated in the city of Dubai (1995 pop. 669,181), which is the principal port, commercial center, and largest city of the federation and is located on the sheikhdom's central Persian Gulf coast. Little is known of the early history of Dubai, but it appears to have been a dependency of Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi (1995 pop. 398,695), founded c.1760 and the second largest city in the United Arab Emirates. The city of Abu Dhabi became the provisional capital of the United Arab Emirates when it was formed in 1971. Dubai became part of the United Arab Emirates at its founding in 1971. In the 1970s its deepwater port was modernized and a supertanker dock was constructed. International trade, business, and especially tourism also are economically important, and modern highrises dominate the city of Dubai. There is an international airport, and the sheikhdom is a regional center for international corporate headquarters and computer and media companies. The development of Dubai has resulted in an influx of low-paid South Asian workers, especially in construction; anger over wage and labor issues led foreign construction workers to riot in 2006. |
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While Zaha Hadid designs the Dubai Opera House and Rem Koolhaas contemplates another extraordinary urban intervention, dumb architecture dominates the scene. Tokyo, Japan, Nov 8, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - NTT Communications (NTT Com) announced today that it intends to open the NTT Communications Dubai Representative Office in Dubai Internet City (DIC), Dubai, United Arab Emirates by mid-December this year. Too bad Anthony Shadid's excellent article about the mighty aspirations of Dubai ["The Towering Dream of Dubai," front page, April 30] didn't appear during the Dubai Ports World squabble--especially the part about "little official corruption, less political instability" and high rankings in surveys "on rule of law and regulatory quality. |
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