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Dubai
/ Geography
Dubai is part of the seven states that comprises the United Arab
Emirates (UAE) and the second largest.
The total area of the country is about 83,600 square kilometres,
much of it in Abu Dhabi emirate. Dubai, with an area of 3,885
square kilometres, is the second largest emirate. Situated on
the banks of the Dubai Creek, a natural inlet from the Gulf which
divides the city into the Deira district to its north and Bur
Dubai on its south, the city ranks as the UAE's most important
port and commercial centre.
The UAE has 700 kilometres of coastline, of which 100 kilometres
are on the Gulf of Oman. Along the Arabian Gulf coast there are
offshore islands, coral reefs and sabkha, or salt-marshes. Stretches
of gravel, plain and barren desert characterise the inland region.
To the east, a range of mountains lies close to the Gulf of Oman
and forms a backbone through the Mussandam Peninsula. The western
interior of the country, most of it in Abu Dhabi, consists mainly
of desert interspersed with oases.
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