10 Interesting Facts about Dubai
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10 Interesting Facts about Dubai
In the decades that I’ve been alive, and no I won’t tell you how many, I’ve seen Dubai blossom like a
flower in a harsh desert. This city’s development has been rapid, probably faster than any other city in
history. This jewel of a city is so fascinating; I think its high time we talk about a few things that make it
hella interesting.
From its infatuation with gold to the reason why expatriates flock to this city, here are 10 interesting
facts about Dubai.

Number 10. City of Gold
Have you heard of El Dorado? It’s a legendary city thought to have been paved with gold. Many
explorers have tried to find this city, but none have been successful. As it turns out, El Dorado is actually
just a plane ride away.
Dubai is definitely the modern day, very real equivalent to the legendary city of gold. The city is quite
literally teeming with the precious metal. In fact, more than 25% of the world’s physical gold have
passed through Dubai at some point in time.
If ever you’re in the city and you want to buy some gold, Dubai’s famous Gold Souk, a traditional market,
should be your primary destination. There are over 380 gold retailers in this place, so you’ll never want
for choice. If that’s not your thing, you can opt to go to the many ATMs that dispense actual gold bars.
If Dubai’s infatuation with the precious metal isn’t obvious enough, just remember that this city gave the
world gold plated supercars and an 18,116-foot gold chain.

Number 9. No Home Address
This may sound crazy to the rest of the world but this is a solid verifiable fact; until 2015, Dubai had no
addresses, no postal codes, no area codes, heck, not even a postal system. This is mainly due to the rate
at which Dubai has grown as a city. Which raises the question; how do people find their destination prior
to 2015? The good old fashioned way of course, drawing makeshift maps and asking for directions.
Looking for a specific house? You’ll get answers like “After you pass the white mosque, it’s the first
street to the left, blue door.” Prior to 2015, nowhere in Dubai, or in the wider UAE, had a proper
address. There weren’t even road names, just an incoherent system of numbers with which to navigate
the network of back streets.
Fortunately, Dubai has since adopted a somewhat working address system. Each and every building
have been assigned a 10 digit Makani number to help identify them.

Number 8. A City of Foreigners

Since 2009, Dubai has slowly become the most populated city in the UAE, overtaking oil-rich Abu Dhabi.
Situated in the northern coastline of the UAE, the place has witnessed a phenomenal transition from a
traditional city to a global business hub.
According to worldpopulationreview.com, Dubai’s 2021 population is estimated to be at just under 3
million. It’s one of the most rapidly growing cities in the world, if you take into account that it only had
20,000 people living there in 1950.
What’s actually surprising though is the fact that foreigners vastly outnumber natives in the city. In fact,
only 15% of the cities total population is comprised of native residents, the other 85% are all
expatriates.
About 85% of the expatriate population, or 71% of the total population, is Asian, mostly coming from
India. Other Asians in Dubai come from Pakistan, Bangladesh and the Philippines. The city also has a high
number of Somalis, and British expatriates which make up the largest population of Western expatriates

Number 7. So Much Sand
The Palm Islands in Dubai are three artificial islands built on the coast of Dubai. The three islands, Palm
Jumeirah, Deira Islands, and Palm Jebel Ali, are some of the most ambitious engineering projects ever
initiated. So far, only Palm Jumeirah has been completed, but building it required insane amounts of
sand, 94 million cubic meters of the stuff to be exact, Anakin Skywalker would definitely not approve.
So much rock and sand was used in the islands' construction that it has been estimated that it could be
used to build a 2-meter wide wall that could encircle the globe three times. Palm Jumeirah island is
protected from the ravages of the sea by an 11-km breakwater that surrounds the island in a crescent-
shape, which by the way is also man made. This also helps protect the island from seasonal winds that
often blow across the Gulf from Iraq.
Unfortunately, it looks like not even all the sand in the world would be enough to finish the work on the
Deira Islands and Palm Jebel Ali.

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