Abu Dhabi
| Abu Dhabi أبوظبي "'Abū Dhabi" |
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| — Ceety — | |
| Ceety o Abu Dhabi | |
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  Abu Dhabi
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| Coordinates: 24°28′N 54°22′E / 24.467°N 54.367°E | |
| Kintra | Unitit Arab Emirates |
| Govrenment | |
| - Sheikh | Khalifa bin Zayed |
| - Croun Prince | Mohammed bin Zayed |
| Aurie | |
| - Tot | 67.34 km2 (26 sq mi) |
| Indwallers (2009)[1] | |
| - Tot | 896,751 |
| - Densitie | 13,317/km2 (Expression error: Unrecognised word "roond"./sq mi) |
| Time zone | UAE staundart time (UTC+4) |
| Wabsteid | Abu Dhabi Govrenment Portal |
Abu Dhabi (Arabic: أبو ظبي Abū ẓabī, literally Faither o deer[2]) is the caipital an the seicont lairgest ceety in the Unitit Arab Emirates. Abu Dhabi lies on a T-shaped island juttin intae the Persian Gulf frae the central wastren coast. The ceety proper haed an estimatit population o 896,751 in 2009.[3]
Abu Dhabi hooses important offices o the federal government, an is the seat for the United Arab Emirates Government an the hame for the Abu Dhabi Emiri Family an the Preses o the UAE frae this family. Abu Dhabi haes grown tae be a cosmopolitan metropolis. Its rapid development an urbanisation, coupled wi the relatively heich average income o its population, haes transformed Abu Dhabi tae a lairger an advanced metropolis. The day the ceety is the kintra's center o poleetical, industrial activities, an a major cultural, an commercial centre due tae its position as the caipital. Abu Dhabi alane generatit 56.7% o the GDP o the Unitit Arab Emirates in 2008.[4][5]
Abu Dhabi is hame te important financial institutions such as the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange, the Central Bank o the Unitit Arab Emirates an the corporate heidquarters o mony companies an numerous multinaitional corporations. Ane o the warld's lairgest producers o oil, Abu Dhabi haes actively attemptit tae diversify its economy in recent years through investments in financial services an tourism. Abu Dhabi is the seicont maist expensive ceety for expatriate employees in the region, an 50t maist expensive ceety in the warld.[6] Fortune & CNN statit that Abu Dhabi is the richest ceety in the warld,[7] .
[edit] Internaitional relations
[edit] Twin touns - sister ceeties
Abu Dhabi is twinned wi:
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[edit] References
- ↑ World-Gazetteer.com
- ↑ The secret lives of names. Gulf News (2007-03-08). Retrieved on 23 August 2008. .
- ↑ United Arab Emirates: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population. World Gazetteer.
- ↑ Gulfnews: Dubai contributes more than 30% of the UAE economy. Archive.gulfnews.com (2009-06-16). Retrieved on 2009-07-16.
- ↑ Gulfnews: Abu Dhabi and Dubai lead in contributions to GDP. Web.dcci.ae. Retrieved on 2009-07-16.
- ↑ Cost of living — The world's most expensive cities. City Mayors. Retrieved on 14 August 2010. .
- ↑ CNN.com
