Dubai

من طرف lina الأحد 7 يونيو 2015 - 9:11

· Dubai

is the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (before the federal capital Abu Dhabi). Located on the Persian Gulf, is the 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 conurbation that exceeds 2.3 million in 2010). Dubai is also the first port in the country.

Founded in the eighteenth century, Dubai remains a small, isolated town in the world that lives mainly pearl fishing in the late nineteenth century. At that time, as the emirate around it, they become important by participating in the creation of the Trucial States (Trucial States in English) in 1853.

Through a difficult period between the two world wars, before entering full force into modernity in the second half of the twentieth century, Dubai participated in the creation of the current UAE in 1971 including the Emir is vice -présidence.

Although not the capital of the UAE, Dubai has become the most populous city of the federation.

This reputation is mainly due to the media coverage of its tourism projects such as the Burj Al Arab, the most luxurious and most "star" of the world, the gigantic building projects such as Palm Islands, artificial peninsula shaped Palm, The World, 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 leading destination for luxury tourism and become one of the world centers of family tourism, business, shopping, etc. .......