# Dubai

| Dubai إمارة دبيّ |
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| Emirate |
| Emirate o Dubai |
| Dubai skyline frae Zabeel Pairk |
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| DubaiLocation of Dubai in the UAE |
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| Kintra |  United Arab Emirates |
| Emirate |  Dubai |
| Incorporated (town) | 9 Juin 1833 |
| Unthirldom frae UK | 2 December 1971 |
| Foondit bi | Maktoum bin Bati bin Suhail (1833) |
| Seat | Dubai |
| Subdiveesions |
Touns an veelages
* Jebel Ali
* Hatta
* Al Hunaiwah
* Al Aweer
* Al Hajarain
* Al Lusayli
* Al Marqab
* Al Faq
* Hail
* Assam
* Ud al-Bayda
* Al Malaiha
* Al Madam
* Margham
* Urqub Juwayza
* Al Wasal
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| Govrenment |
|  • Teep | Constitutional monarchy |
|  • Ruler | Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum |
|  • Croun Prince | Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum |
| Area |
|  • Total | 4114 km2 (1,588 sq mi) |
| Population (1 January 2013) |
|  • Total | 2,106,177 |
|  •  | 53% Indian 17% Emirati 13.3% Pakistani 7.5% Bangladeshi 2.5% Filipino 1.5% Sri Lankan 0.3% American 5.7% ither kintras |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (UAE staundart time) |
| Website | Dubai Emirate Dubai Municipality |

**Dubai** (Inglis pronunciation: /duːˈbaɪ/ *d**oo**-BYE*; Arabic: **دبيّ**‎, *Dubayy*) is the largest city in the Unitit Arab Emirates (UAE) an the caipital of the Emirate of Dubai. It is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabie Peninsulae an has the largest population with the second n-lirgest land territory bi aurie o aw the emirates, efter Abu Dhabi. Dubai an Abu Dhabi are the anerlie twa emirates tae hae veto pouer ower critical matters o naitional importance in the kintra's legislature.

The earliest recordit mention of Dubai is in 1095, an the earliest dounset kent as Dubai toun dates frae 1799. Dubai wis formally establisht in the early 19t century bi the Al Abu Falasa clan o Bani Yas, an it remained unner clan control when the Unitit Kinrick assumed the protection o Dubai in 1892. Its geographical location made it an important tradin hub an bi the beginnin o the 20t century, it wis an important port. In 1966, the year oil wis discovered, Dubai an the emirate o Qatar set up a new monetary unit tae replace the Gulf Rupee. The oil economy led tae a massive influx o foreign wirkers, quickly expandin the ceety bi 300% an bringin in internaitional oil interests. The modren emirate o Dubai wis creatit efter the UK left the aurie in 1971. At this time Dubai, thegither wi Abu Dhabi an fower ither emirates, formed the Unitit Arab Emirates. The follaein year Ras al Khaimah joined the federation while Qatar an Bahrain chose tae remain independent naitions. In 1973, the monetary union wi Qatar wis dissolved an the UAE Dirham introduced throughoot the UAE. A free trade zone wis built aroond the Jebel Ali port in 1979, allouin foreign companies unrestrictit import o labour an export caipital. The Gulf War o 1990 haed a negative financial effect on the ceety, as depositors athdrew their money an traders athdrew their trade, but subsequently the ceety recovered in a chyngin poleetical climate an thrived.

The day, Dubai haes emerged as a global ceety an a business hub.

## Etymology

In the 1820s, Dubai wis referred tae as *Al Wasl* bi Breetish historians. Few records pertainin tae the cultural history o the UAE or its constituent emirates exist an acause o the region's oral traditions, folklore an meeth wur no written doun. The linguistic oreegins o the wird *Dubai* are disputit; some believe it tae hae oreeginatit frae the Persie leid, while some believe that Arabic is its linguistic ruit. Accordin tae Fedel Handhal, a researcher in the history an cultur o the UAE, the wird *Dubai* mey hae come frae the wird *Daba* (a derivative o *Yadub*, which means *tae creep*); referrin tae the slow flow o Dubai Creek inland. The poet an scholar Ahmad Mohammad Obaid traces it tae the same wird, but tae its alternative meanin o *locust*.

## Internaitional relations

### Twin touns an sister ceeties

Dubai haes 32 sister ceeties; maist o the twinnin agreements hae been made efter 2002.

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| * Baghdad, Iraq
* Barcelona, Spain
* Beirut, Lebanon
* Brisbane, Australie
* Busan, Republic o Korea
* Caracas, Venezuela
* Cheb, Czech Republic
* Damascus, Sirie
* Detroit, Michigan, Unitit States
* Dundee, Scotland, Unitit Kinrick
* Frankfurt, Germany
* Gandhinagar, Indie
* Geneva, Swisserland
* Gold Coast, Australia
* Granada, Spain
* Guangzhou, Fowkrepublic o Cheenae
* Hong Kong, Hong Kong
* Vancouver, Breetish Columbie, Canadae
 | * Hyderabad, Indie
* Istanbul, Turkey
* Karachi, Pakistan
* Kish Island, Iran
* Kuwait Ceety, Kuwait
* Los Angeles, Unitit States
* Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
* Moscow, Roushie Federation
* New York Ceety, Unitit States
* Osaka, Japan
* Paris, Fraunce
* Phoenix, Arizona, Unitit States
* San Juan, Puerto Rico
* Shanghai, Fowkrepublic o Cheenae
* Saunt Petersburg, Roushie Federation
* Tehran, Iran
* Tripoli, Libie
* Nove Mesto nad Vahom, Trenciansky kraj, Slovakie
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