Umm al-Quwain

Umm al - Qaiwain, often written as transcription of dialectal pronunciation and Umm al -Quwain Umm al- Qiwain or (Arabic: أم القيوين, Mother of two powers ") is one of the seven emirates of the United Arab Emirates ( UAE).

The emirate is located in the north of the country between Ajman City and Ra's al -Khaimah City. The territory consists of a continuous piece and not as five of the seven emirates of several sub- territories.

On December 2, 1971 Great Britain dismissed the former Trucial States, including Umm al - Qaiwain belonged to independence. Under the leadership of Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates were formed out of the former Trucial States, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm al - Qaiwain and Fujairah. Then entered on February 10, 1972 Ra's al -Khaimah as the seventh and last former Trucial State of the Federation at.

The emirate has about 53,000 inhabitants ( end of 2008), making it the emirate with the smallest population of all the seven Emirates. It covers about 777 km ², which is about one percent of the territory of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Traditionally, the emirate lived from fishing, boat building ( dhows ) and operated by the oasis Faladsch al - Mulla Dattelkultur. 50 km south of the town of Umm al - Qaiwain is Faladsch al - Mu'alla where the agriculture of the emirate concentrated. Today, tourism is another industry. Attractions are the Dreamland, the world's largest water park, and a declared nature reserve, located about a kilometer before Umm al - Qaiwain City Island.

The city of Umm al - Qaiwain is situated along a bay that is surrounded by islands on both sides. Next to the Bird Watching The bay, the Khor al - Baida is called allows also the best sports sailing opportunities in the UAE. In the city there are seven fortresses, one of which has been renovated and now houses a museum.

Ruler of the Mu ʿ alla Dynasty

Construction Project Salam City

The government of this small emirate has had to develop a plan to build an entirely new city on the model of district -ups in Dubai. The idea sketch lays on an area of ​​20.5 square kilometers in area of ​​largely undeveloped, heavily indented coast mangroves to build east of the Old Town urbanization. At details were mentioned previously: about 1000 building for 300,000 to 500,000 inhabitants.

In July 2005, the contract was concluded between the Government of the Emirate and the project developer Tameer, calculated as total project costs are estimated at 8.16 billion USD. Meanwhile, the project has stalled: Tameer claims that would not be standing the amounts available for the expected high demand for water and electricity. The emirate will counter by pointing to the contract under which these issues could be resolved by the project participants. The customer complains that the project participants claim to have " violated the contractual obligations laxity " by stating in June 2008, the project Salam City is not canceled, but merely postponed.