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The 7 Trucial Sheikdom States of the Persian Gulf coast granted the United Kingdom control of their defense and foreign affairs in nineteenth-century treaties. In 1971, six of these states - Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Fujairah, Sharjah, Dubai, and Umm al-Qaiwain - merged to form the United Arab Emirates. They were joined in 1972 by Ras al-Khaimah.
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The BURJ AL-ARABThe Burj al-Arab (Tower of the Arabs) is a luxury hotel in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. At 321 meters (1,053 feet), it is the tallest building used exclusively as a hotel and one of the most distinctive structures for a hotel building in the world. It stands in the sea on an artificial island 280 meters (919 feet) away from the beach ... |
The BURJ KHALIFABurj Khalifa is a supertall skyscraper, the centrepiece of Downtown Burj Khalifa. At 828 m (2,717 ft), it is the tallest building in the world and the tallest man-made structure ever built. Construction began on 21 September 2004, and was completed and ready for occupancy by 4 January 2010 ... |
PALM ISLANDS, DubaiThe Palm Islands in Dubai are three large artificial islands, currently being constructed by Nakheel. Each settlement will be in the shape of a palm tree topped with a crescent and will have residential communitites and resorts. Such examples of reclaimed land are made feasible in the area by the wide continental shelf ... |
SHOPPING TOURISM in DubaiDubai has been called the shopping capital of the Middle East. The city draws large numbers of shopping tourists from countries within the region and from as far as Eastern Europe, Africa and the Indian Subcontinent. The Dubai Shopping festival is a month-long festival held during month of January each year ... |
THE WORLD ARCHIPELAGO, DubaiThe World is a man-made archipelago of 300 islands constructed in the rough shape of a map of the landmasses of the Earth, located 4 kilometres off the coast of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The World islands are composed mainly of sand dredged from Dubai's shallow coastal waters ... |
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