Before we start Some Mind-Blowing and Interesting Facts about Dubai.
Read some introduction about Dubai.
Dubai is a city in the United Arab Emirates known for luxury shopping, ultramodern architecture and a lively nightlife scene.
Burj Khalifa, an 830m-tall tower, dominates the skyscraper-filled skyline. At its foot lies Dubai Fountain, with jets and lights choreographed to music.
Mind-Blowing and Interesting Facts about Dubai
- Dubai holds over 60 Guinness World Records, including the world’s tallest building and even the world’s longest bar.
- The tallest building in the world, Burj Khalifa, with 164 floors is in Dubai.
- The Burj Khalifa can apparently be seen from around 90 km away.
- In Dubai,The Burj Khalifa is so tall that some of its residents need to wait longer for the break fast during Ramadan. Residents from the 80th and higher floors see the sun for more time than others living in the Burj Khalifa.
- Dubai is expected to be the largest tourist destination by 2024.
- Dubai consists of many cases where foreign women visit Dubai for business and being raped then jailed after reporting about rape.
- The local people, called Emiratis, are just 15% of the total population.
Majority of the population is split between India, Bangladesh, Pakistan and European countries.
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- The Dubai police fleet includes a Lamborghini, Ferrari, and Bentley.
- One out of every five high rise construction cranes is located in Dubai.
- Dubai has no address system, no zip codes, no area codes and no postal system. Hence, online shopping is not right way to shop. According to recent reports it can be going to change and they will start this address system.
- The Dubai Mall is the largest shopping center in the world with over 1,200 stores. Including many major brands such as Gymboree, Pottery Barn, Harley Davidson and a bunch of designers.
These are Some Mind-Blowing and Interesting Facts about Dubai.
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