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Dubai

إمارة دبيّ
Emirate of Dubai
Flag of Dubai
Flag
Location of Dubai
CountryUnited Arab Emirates
EmirateDubai
Incorporated (town)9 June 1833
Founded byMaktoum bin Bati bin Suhail (1833)
SeatDubai
Subdivisions
Government
  TypeConstitutional monarchy[1]
  EmirMohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
  Crown PrinceHamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Area
  Emirate4,114 km2 (1,588 sq mi)
  Metro
1,287.4 km2 (497.1 sq mi)
Population
 (2008)[3]
  Emirate2,262,000
  Density408.18/km2 (97/sq mi)
  Metro
2,262,000
  Nationality (2005)[4]
26.1% Arab (of whom 17% are Emirati)
42.3% Indian
13.3% Pakistani
7.5% Bangladeshi
2.5% Filipino
1.5% Sri Lankan
0.9% European
0.3% American
5.7% other countries
Time zoneUTC+4 (UAE standard time)
Website
Dubai Emirate
Dubai Municipality

Dubai (Pípè: /duːˈbaɪ/ doo-BYE; Lárúbáwá: دبيّ dubayy) jẹ́ ọ̀kan nínú àwọn emireti meje tó wà ní United Arab Emirates (UAE). Ó bùdó sí gúúsù Ikun-omi Persia lórí Arabian Peninsula òhun sì ni ó ní olùgbé tó tóbi jùlọ pẹ̀lú ààlà ilẹ̀ agbègbè tó tóbi jùlọ láàrin gbogbo àwọn ẹ́mírètì lẹ́yìn Abu Dhabi.[5] Dubai àti Abu Dhabi ni ẹ́mírètì méjì péré tí wọ́n ní agbára ìdínà lórí àwọn ọ̀rọ̀ pàtàkì ní ilé-asòfin.[6]

  1. "UAE Constitution". Helplinelaw.com. Archived from the original on 2013-02-17. Retrieved 2008-07-21.
  2. Area of "Dubai emirate", includes artificial islands.
  3. "Dubai: Profile of geographical entity including name variants. World Gazetteer.
  4. "Dubai Metropolitan Statistical Area". Archived from the original on 2018-12-24. Retrieved 2009-04-07.
  5. "United Arab Emirates: metropolitan areas". World-gazetteer.com. Archived from the original on 2012-12-04. Retrieved 31 July 2009.
  6. The Government and Politics of the Middle East and North Africa. D Long, B Reich. p.157