Dubai

Emirate

Dubai ( دبي Dubayy Arabic ) before Abu Dhabi is the largest city of the United Arab Emirates ( UAE) on the Persian Gulf and the capital of the Emirate of Dubai.

In the city of Dubai ( sometimes to distinguish from the Emirate of Dubai called Dubai city and Dubai City ) about 85 % of the population of the emirate ( 2.106 million inhabitants in January 2013) live. Here, accordingly, plays almost all the economic, social, cultural and political life of the emirate.

A detailed survey is complicated because the migration-related fluctuations are large. How come every year tens of thousands of fixed and residentielle residents to and live permanently around 250,000 migrant workers mainly from South Asia still years in the emirate or adjacent.

Dubai City is located on the northern edge of the Emirate of Dubai and is divided by the Dubai Creek, a 100-1300 m wide and about 14 km long bay of the Persian Gulf. Previously here were the once independent cities Daira on the north and Bur Dubai to the south. Bridge are somewhat remote from the center; Pedestrians are transported by small passenger ferries ( Abra ) on the opposite side.

The city extends mainly to the south along the beach of Jumeirah and Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai since bordered to the north directly to the Emirate of Sharjah. Home to many of the employed workers in Dubai because of the cheaper rents in lying across the border Sharjah City.

  • 2.1 skyscraper
  • 2.2 theater
  • 2.3 Museums
  • 2.4 Heritage Village
  • 2.5 Diving Village
  • 2.6 Dubai Museum
  • 2.7 Desk
  • 2.8 Other points of interest

Traffic

Long-distance traffic

The Dubai International Airport ( DXB) is the most important airport of the Middle East. It extends to the north of Deira, 5 km from Dubai Creek. In 2010, a new airport was opened ( at Jebel Ali ) in Dubai, the Dubai World Central International Airport. This is a gradual auszubauenden max. Capacity of 120 million passengers a year to Dubai international airport initially only support. Dubai is the headquarters of the emirate 's Emirates airline.

Furthermore, in the man-made Dubai Jebel Ali seaport with 92 513 million tons of throughput (2005) the most important trading center in the Persian Gulf. Tendency: rising sharply, especially containerized cargo in conjunction with the huge free-trade zones to Jebel Ali. Not only trade, but also passenger ships connect Dubai by sea with the whole world. These transports are handled in the older suburban Port Rashid. The important ferry routes lead from there to Doha, Manama, Kuwait City and Muscat. Still important, though relatively new moon is the regional "small" shipping operations with traditional dhows of the berths at the Creek. He is with small-scale cargo handled mostly coastal (eg consumer goods ) throughout the Persian Gulf, Oman and Yemen over into middle Red Sea, East Africa and Pakistan and western India to about Goa with daring seafarers.

By motorways Dubai is connected to Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Al Ain and Hatta.

City ​​traffic

As hardly a city of Asia, Dubai is a city car: On some 1.8 million inhabitants around 1.022 million registered vehicles were reported in mid-2010. Since most of the migrant workers do not have a vehicle, the passenger cars to concentrate on individuals and families with middle or higher income, there are many car owners with second - and multiple vehicles. Road transport in compressed, older part of Dubai is very strong, congestion and longer idle periods are the rule. At the gas stations there are mostly just waiting service, because you do not want to let get out of the air conditioned car because of the high temperatures, the customer.

The Transport Authority Roads and Transport Authority (RTA ) is responsible for the construction of new roads as well as local public transport.

To counteract the increasingly dense automobile traffic, the RTA has introduced the automated toll system Salik in July 2007 on certain routes. Every vehicle that passes through the toll roads and bridges need a Salik sticker with a credit on the front window. About toll bridges, vehicles are detected and the toll (4 dirhams per trip) debited electronically. About SMS, the vehicle owner will be informed shortly before their Salik account is exhausted.

The public passenger transport with a dense network of bus routes is inexpensive. A special feature are introduced early in 2008 so far ( September 2010) at 22 degrees Celsius air-conditioned 800 waiting rooms of a total of over 1000 bus stops. The bus system has now more than 1300 modern vehicles that drive daily around 300,000 route kilometers.

The built in four years guided driverless Dubai Metro was partially opened in September 2009. The Metro connects the Dubai International Airport with the city center, after further expansion is a connection of the Dubai World Central International Airport follow. The second central circulating in Deira and Bur Dubai line ( green line ) was opened in September 2011 with 16 new stations and 23 kilometers of track. In the fall of 2010, the Department of Transportation reported a share of public transport of 11 percent of the total.

The Personal transport in the cramped inner city over the front Dubai Creek grounds of insufficient peri-urban bridges with abras, small wooden boats up to about 20 people. During the day sets every few minutes from Abra, a trip takes less than 10 minutes and costs 1 Dirham.

Not included in the tariff system of the RTA is the Dubai Monorail, the first stitch line on The Palm, Jumeirah leads.

Culture and sights

Again and again, Dubai has been held, for the more demanding cultural needs to offer sheer popular events too little. Culture is for Dubai now - according to the model of Abu Dhabi - an avowedly important means to improve its position in the global tourism. Michael Schindhelm was therefore act as cultural representative in Dubai from 2007 to summer 2009. Among other things he should build an art museum and an opera center for several billion dollars.

Skyscraper

In the vicinity of Dubai (40 km radius) beginning of 2008, about 150 skyscrapers that are over 150 meters high, about 60 more skyscrapers that are over 200 meters high and six skyscrapers that are over 300 meters high. These are the Almas Tower with 360 m, the two Emirates Towers with 355 and 305 m, the Rose Tower at 333 meters, the Burj al Arab to 321 m and the tallest structure in the world, the Burj Khalifa at 828 m. Approximately 20 other skyscraper with a height of over 300 m are planned or under construction.

Theater

The smaller Madinat Theatre right next to the Burj Al Arab is one of the new highlights in Dubai. Here major concerts are held, here is the International Film Festival of Dubai (Dubai International Film Festival) held, but also famous operas or ballets like Swan Lake or the Vienna Opera Ball in Dubai.

Furthermore, there is the Crown Plaza Hotel, the Streetwise Theatre in London.

Museums

At the entrance of the Dubai Creek - near the mouth - is located on a promontory of the district of Al Schindagha. Here in the north of Bur Dubai Heritage and Diving Village 1997, was built by the government. The museum village in the style of an Arab settlement is intended to give visitors the culture, history and traditions of Dubai.

Heritage Village

Reconstructed in the original are stone houses from the mountain and desert regions, Bedouin tents, traditional " wind tower houses", market stalls, spice shops and many other attractions and lifestyles of the residents. The residents of Dubai are showing great interest in visiting these historic villages.

Diving Village

In "Pearls village" await guests traditional souks, photo exhibitions about the pearl fishing dhows - partly in original size - and a large pool of water, are demonstrated in the immersion techniques of Pearl Fishers before this traditional source of income came entirely into oblivion.

Dubai Museum

The Dubai Museum is housed near the old town in a former fort and shows an overview of the historical life in Dubai before the oil boom. Near the Dubai Museum there is a settlement of former Persian trading houses that have been exemplary renovated and partly can be visited.

Outside the city attracts the desert with its fascinating range. Unfamiliar with the area should bring Desk GPS and enough fuel. Many providers offer organized tours in the desert, on request, overnight in tent.

Other points of interest

In the city center, these are mainly the Dubai Creek with the old dhows and the spice market where spices are sold around the world. The numerous small jewelry actions in the gold market, let the whole road glisten in brilliant gold. The gold market has old wooden facades and has a typical oriental atmosphere with the traders and porters on. The modern ' Souq al Bahar ' is located in Downtown Dubai adjacent to the Dubai Mall. The Souq al Bahar and the Dubai Mall, together with the Burj Khalifa, a triangle, the Dubai Fountains offer in the middle of every night a water - light - music spectacle. From there you can also see the magnificent luxury hotel " The Address ".

On the south side of the creek has a renovated old town of Bur Dubai, the Old Souk ( Old Market). To the west front of the new port is the reconstruction of the unostentatious ancient rulers palace with a museum.

The large number of shopping malls Dubai as a shopping paradise that is expensive. There are also numerous boutiques of luxury brands in the fashion world. Classic shopping streets play only a subordinate role: most shops are in malls on the American model. The largest shopping centers in the city are the Mall of the Emirates and Dubai Mall. Besides the two large malls, there are a number of other, like the ' Ibn Battuta Mall ' ( Ibn Battuta Battuta = son ). It is divided into different countries and regions and decorated according to each country. In addition, it is equipped with lots of information about the different countries and the explorer Ibn Battuta.

The Jumeirah Beach Park is a beach park, which is visited not only by tourists but also by the Emiratis. At the beach cameras, as well as revealing swimwear are prohibited on religious grounds.

Dubai is also known for his Emirates Golf Club, will be held at the annual PGA Tour (Dubai Desert Classic).

Administrative divisions

Dubai is divided into nine sectors: Sector 1-4 & 6 urban; Sector 7 & 9 agriculturally; Sector 8: There is a luxury 5 -star Hotel Jebel Ali Hotel and Golf Resort is located. Moreover arises in Jebel Ali is currently the new airport of Dubai, Dubai World Central International Airport. Each sector is divided into so-called communities of different size with so-called main streets that form the boundaries. Currently, there are 132 of these communities.

Within these communities, roads and houses are numbered by numbers. Basically just run numbered streets perpendicular to the coast and inland. Odd numbered streets run parallel to the coast and increases with increasing distance from the creek on. This process is continued in every community, so there are, for example, many of the streets # 5 along the Jumeirah 1, 2, 3 and the Umm Suqeim - - ' strip '.

Jumeirah is a low built-up residential area in Dubai. It runs about 10 to 15 km from Dubai city center to the southwest along the arrow-straight sandy beach Jumeirah Beach ( Jumeirah beach ).

Jumeirah is considered the most expensive residential area of Dubai. Until a few decades ago there lived only local fishermen; Today there is a huge area for the most part from The spacious bungalows and is inhabited mainly by wealthy locals and European guest workers.

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