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Dubai or Dubayy (in Arabic: دبي) is both one of the seven emirates that make up the United Arab Emirates on the Arabian Peninsula, and the main city of the emirate, sometimes called "Dubai City" if necessary to distinguish.

The emir of Dubai is H.H. Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum, who is also the Prime Minister of the federation of the United Arab Emirates. The crown prince is H.H. Shiekh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the emir's younger brother.

Dubai is the second largest emirate in the federation after Abu Dhabi. The emirate is located on the Persian Gulf, southwest of Sharjah and northeast of Abu Dhabi, and reaches into the interior. The town of Hatta, forms the southern portion of the emirate of Dubai and borders with Wajajah, Oman.

Dubai has been nicknamed the "Singapore" or the "Hong Kong" of the Middle East.

Dubai history

There was a pearl-diving and fishing community at the mouth of Dubai Creek for many centuries, but modern Dubai dates its existence to the 1830s when the Bani Yas tribe under the Al-Maktoum family settled there and renounced allegiance to Abu Dhabi. Successive sheikhs encouraged contacts with outsiders, especially the British, who made Dubai a regular port of call.

Dubai became one of the Trucial States in 1853. It joined the UAE on December 2, 1971. It has since become a large and modern city, with an estimated population of close to a million in 2004.

Dubai has since become an important tourist destination and is diversifying as an important hub for service based industries such as IT. The government has set up enclaves for industry specific corporations. Dubai Internet City is one such enclave and houses IT companies such as Oracle, Microsoft and IBM.

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