Dubai or Dubai [is the most populous city of the United Arab Emirates (before the federal capital Abu Dhabi). Located on the Persian Gulf, it is capital of the emirate of Dubai, and has over one million inhabitants (however, with the cities of Sharjah, Ajman and Umm Al Quwain, themselves capitals of their respective emirates it forms a metropolitan area exceeding 2.3 million in 2010). Dubai is also the largest port in the country.
Founded in the eighteenth century, Dubai remains a modest and isolated town in the world that lives mainly pearl diving in the late nineteenth century. At that time, as the emirate surroundings, they become important in participating in the creation of the Trucial States (Trucial States in English) in 1853.
Through a difficult period during the inter-war years, before entering the full force of modernity in the second half of the twentieth century, Dubai participated in the creation of the current UAE in 1971 with the emir is vice -présidence.
Although not the capital of the United Arab Emirates, Dubai has become the most famous city of the federation.
This reputation is largely due to the media coverage of its tourism projects such as the Burj Al Arab, the most luxurious and the most "star" of the world, the gigantic building projects like the Palm Islands, artificial peninsula shaped palm, the World, an artificial archipelago that replicates the map of the world, the Dubai Marina and disproportionate to the particular architecture, not to mention the tallest building in the world, Burj Khalifa.
These projects claimed by the government, are presented as a way to become in a few years the world's top destination for luxury tourism and become one of the world centers of family tourism, business, shopping, etc.
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