Dubai

Dubai

It is one of the seven emirates that comprise the United Arab Emirates.

 It is located on the coast of the Persian Gulf in the Arabian desert, and on the south with the emirate of Abu Dhabi, with Sharjah in the northeast and through the exclave Hatta, with the Sultanate of Oman in the southeast and the emirates of Ajman and Ras al-Khaimah. The incoming saltwater called Khawr Dubayy Persian Gulf through the capital city in northeast-suroeste.7 8 towards Its area is 4113 km².2 the name "Dubai" can come from Arabic or Persian, 9 and appeared for the first time in literature in 1095, cited by geographer al-Bakri, and then by the merchant Italian Gaspero Balbi on his visit to the territory in 1587.10 11 origin of the word could come from Daba-a derivative of Yadub- meaning "flowing thing," referring to the mass of water Khawr Dubayy.12 Its capital is the homonymous city. There is not much documented information about prehistoric times. It is known that the first inhabitants settled in the present territory of the emirate were engaged in trade of pearls, 13 an activity that would base their economy to the XX14 century and allow them to trade with China, India and Pakistan. Economic progress and strategic location in the Arabian Gulf countries made other cataloged its capital of the same name as the "Venice of the Gulf" 15 Ambition city at that time to take over the trade routes led several countries to have disputes between Yes. Finally, in 1766, Britain seized control of the routes linking them with the Persian Gulf, which was afectada16 Dubai and since then became part of the British government, which prevail for almost two centuries. In 1833, the Al Maktoum clan moved from its settlement south of Abu Dhabi and Dubai invaded. Since then, the dynasty rules the emirate and marked the end as a dependency of Abu Dhabi. The relationship with the English had a special importance because it guaranteed protection against possible invasions emirate of other nomadic tribes, 16 besides the British intervened at times to maintain political and social stability interna.17 The discovery of oil in Dubai, in the 1960s, was a significant change in its economy and administration. In the next decade the UAE were formed, bringing Dubai ended its dependent relationship with the United Unido.14


The government of Dubai by a
system of constitutional monarchy, headed by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum since 2006. There the Municipality of Dubai, whose objectives are oriented urban planning, services to citizens and maintenance of governing locales.18 services most of the population living in the emirate is foreign and the rest of the continent comes asiático.19 As mentioned above, the economy had a major boom from the development of the oil industry in the country.20 However, oil does not contribute significantly to the generation of ingresos.21 the sectors in which most revenues are generated are construction, trade, entrepot trade, also referred practiced in a frankly area and financial services ; 22 tourism approach is also remarkable, especially that aimed at compras.23 in the latter, we must add that Dubai is home to several notable buildings such as luxury hotels Burj Al Arab and Burj Khalifa, the highest in the world, 828 m-tall, artificial port of Mina Rashid and Jebel Ali, and the housing complex of artificial islands the World and the Palm islands. The low unemployment rate has attracted a lot of foreigners to move to the emirate in search of better opportunities laborales.24 25 about their culture, it can be concluded that it is strongly influenced by Islam and the Arab and Bedouin societies, which is 26 reflected in the rules of etiquette and dress, literature, gastronomy and art.