Dubai

Dubai ( ; , 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 Government and Politics of the Middle East and North Africa. D. Long, B. Reich. p.157

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.How did Dubai, Abu Dhabi and other cities get their names? Experts reveal all . UAEInteract.com. 10 March 2007

 Internaitional relations 
 Twin touns an sister ceeties 
Dubai haes 32 sister ceeties; maist o the twinnin agreements hae been made efter 2002.

  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

 References 


Category:Persie Gulf
Category:Populatit coastal places in the Unitit Arab Emirates
Category:Metropolitan auries o the Unitit Arab Emirates