Important Facts on Dubai

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• Dubai is the second largest member of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

• It is the most important port and the commercial capital of UAE.

• Dubai is the fastest growing city in the world.

• Dubai has one of the highest per capita incomes

• In Dubai, there are no taxes on income and there are no personal taxes either.

• In Dubai Emirates Mall, you can ski indoors while shopping, measuring 400 meters and using 6000 tons of snow.

• Burj Dubai become the world's tallest building, along with the world's tallest man-made structure, when it is completed.

• Eighty percent of the residents of Dubai are foreigners.

• Dubai is the Middle East supply hub for the jewelry market.

• Dubai is the world's second largest distributor of bullion. It imports 360 tonnes and re-exports almost all of it (350 tonnes).

• Dubai made the world's longest gold chain during DSF-1999. The chain was made in 22k gold and measured 4.2 kilometers. 9,600 people bought the chain, in necklace wear and bracelet size pieces.

• In Dubai, jewelry is sold on gold price plus making charges, unlike in the West, where it is per piece. 95 percent of all jewellery sold here is above 21 karat; the rest is 18 karat.

• On an average, one in every five person buys five pieces of gold jewellery every year in Dubai.

• Dubai has unveiled plans of the first man-made island in UAE, the Palm Island.

• No matter in which part of Dubai you are in, you will hear calls to prayer at least five times a day. Even in shopping malls, the calls to prayer are put out over the speakers, to remind Muslims that it is time to pray.

• Dubai shares legal, political, military and economic functions with the other emirates, within a federal framework.

• Dubai has the largest population of all the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

• Apart from Abu Dhabi, Dubai is the only emirate to have veto power over critical matters of national importance in the country's legislature.

• Since 1833, Dubai has been ruled by the Al Maktoum dynasty.

• Trade, real estate and financial services provide Dubai with majority of its revenues.

• Revenues from petroleum and natural gas contribute less than 6 percent to the economy of Dubai.