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The table below shows a list of every city in the UAE with a population of at least 10,000, listed in descending order. The capitals are shown in bold. The capitals are shown in bold. The population numbers are of the cities, and not the emirates, often with the same name.
UTC+4. Abu Dhabi Central Capital District, officially " Abu Dhabi Region " ( Arabic: مِنْطَقَة أَبُو ظَبِي, romanized : Minṭaqat Abū Ẓabī ), [4] [5] [6] also called " Abu Dhabi Metropolitan Area ", [1] [2] [3] is the municipal region in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi that contains the city of Abu Dhabi, distinct from the ...
Masdar City ( Arabic: مدينة مصدر, romanized : Madīnat Maṣdar, lit. 'Source City') [ 1] is an urban community in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates. It was built by Masdar, a subsidiary of the state-owned Mubadala Investment Company, with the majority of seed capital provided by the Government of Abu Dhabi. [ 2][ 3]
The city of Abu Dhabi is on the south eastern side of the Arabian Peninsula, adjoining the Persian Gulf. It is on an island less than 250 metres (820 ft) from the mainland and is joined to the mainland by the Maqta and Mussafah Bridges. A third, Sheikh Zayed Bridge, designed by Zaha Hadid, opened in late 2010.
Source: Abu Dhabi Airports Company [ 2] Zayed International Airport ( IATA: AUH, ICAO: OMAA) ( Arabic: مطار زايد الدولي ), also known as Abu Dhabi International Airport, is the primary international airport serving Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). It is the second busiest airport in the UAE after Dubai ...
The Emirate of Abu Dhabi has 31.2%, meaning that over two-thirds of the UAE population lives in either Abu Dhabi or Dubai. Abu Dhabi has an area of 67,340 square kilometres (26,000 square miles), which is 86.7% of the country's total area, excluding the islands.
Al Ain ( Arabic: ٱلْعَيْن, al-ʿayn, literally, the spring) [ 4] is a city in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates and the seat of the administrative division of the Al Ain Region The city is bordered to the east by the Omani town of Al-Buraimi. Al Ain is the largest inland city in the Emirates, the fourth-largest city (after ...
1955 - The city's first airfield opens. 1958 - Oil discovered in Abu Dhabi. [3] 1962 - Oil exportation begins from offshore Das Island. [5] [2] 1963 - The Trucial rulers sign an agreement to issue a decree to abolish slavery. 1966 - Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan becomes ruler of Abu Dhabi. [5] 1968 - Population: 46,375.