Dubai

- Status: emirate of the United Arab Emirates, a federation of seven emirates (Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Umm Al Quwain, Ajman, Ras Al Khaimah, Fujairah).
- Area: 3,885 km ².
- Population: 2,262,000 inhabitants in the Emirate of Dubai (estimated 2012).
- The capital of the emirate of Dubai: Dubai (the capital of the United Arab Emirates is Abu Dhabi).
- Density: 529 inhabitants / km ²..
- Plan: state made up of seven emirates. Hereditary monarchy in each emirate.
- Emir of Dubai Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (since January 2006).
- Language: Arabic (official); English widely spoken.
- Religions: Sunni Muslims are the majority.

With its futuristic buildings emerged from the desert, its artificial islands under construction, its increasingly large malls, hotels of the art luxury and crazier than the other projects, Dubai embodies in its own way the new Arab dream.
Island of modernity in the heart of the Arabian Peninsula, a crossroads between East and West, the second largest emirate of the UAE opts for the excesses of the global tourism scene. Once arid desert populated by Bedouins and small fishing port famous for its pearls, the emirate of Dubai, today an economic boom and real estate, became the turn of the century one of the most dynamic countries in the world . Oil money flows here like water, causing a dramatic development.

Dubai is a city of superlatives and a thousand follies, where everything seems possible. Architects, designers and entrepreneurs around the world are having a heart joy ski resort in the desert, restaurants out of sight, the tallest tower in the world, man-made islands shaped planet, submerged underwater hotel off the coast ...
In work in progress, full of energy, Dubai seems it would never stop. The stated goal is to become the Hong Kong of tomorrow with Arab glitter of Las Vegas.
Sunny all year round, between the desert and the warm waters of the Arabian Gulf, Dubai is popular for its sandy beaches, the winter sun and transferred 4x4 sand dunes.