Emirate of Dubai

Emirate of Dubai دبيّ ʾImārat Dubayy
Emirate of the UAE
Flag Coat of arms
Coordinates: 23°30′N 54°30′E / 23.5°N 54.5°E / 23.5; 54.5
Country	United Arab Emirates
Independence from the UK	2 December 1971
Seat	Dubai
Subdivisions	9 Municipalities Bur Dubai Deira Jumeirah Jebel Ali Al Awir Ras Al Khor Mushraif Al Qudra Hatta
Government
• Type	Islamic absolute monarchy[1][2] within a federation
• Ruler	Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
• Crown Prince	Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum
Area
• Total	4,114 km2 (1,588 sq mi)
• Rank	2nd[3]
Population  (2021)
• Total	3,478,300
• Rank	1st
• Density	1,015/km2 (2,630/sq mi)
Demonym	Dubaian
GDP [4]
• Total	US$ 138.1 billion (2023)
• Per capita	US$ 44,600 (2023)
Time zone	UTC+4 (UAE standard time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+4
ISO 3166 code	AE-DU
Religion	Islam (the official state religion of the UAE)

Dubai (Arabic: دبيّ) is one of the seven emirates in the United Arab Emirates.^[5] The main city of the emirate is Dubai. The city is sometimes called "Dubai City" to prevent it from being confused with the emirate.

Dubai is the second largest emirate in the UAE after Abu Dhabi.^[6] The emirate is on the Persian Gulf, southwest of Sharjah and northeast of Abu Dhabi. The town of Hatta is an exclave of the emirate of Dubai. It borders nearby Oman.

Dubai's economy is different from other members of the UAE because income from oil is only 6% of its gross domestic product.

1. ↑ "The Political System of the UAE". Archived from the original on July 12, 2012. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
2. ↑ "Entrenched Monarchy Thwarts Aspirations for Modernity". The New York Times. January 22, 2010. Archived from the original on April 10, 2019. Retrieved August 27, 2017.
3. ↑ About Dubai Archived July 12, 2019, at the Wayback Machine page of the Government of Dubai website (www.dubai.ae). Retrieved 2019-07-12.
4. ↑ "TelluBase—UAE Fact Sheet (Tellusant Public Service Series)" (PDF). Tellusant. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
5. ↑ "Seven Emirates: Dubai". Government.ae. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
6. ↑ "Country Profile: United Arab Emirates (UAE)" (PDF). Library of Congress. July 2007. Retrieved 4 September 2016.