Dubai
Dubai is an Emirati city, capital of the emirate of the same name, one of the United Arab Emirates. It has less than 1500 km2 of area and is geographically divided by the Dubai Creek, resulting in two visible regions: Deira, to the north; and Bur Dubai, to the south. It is the largest city and the main port of the United Arab Emirates (before the federal capital Abu Dhabi). Located in the Persian Gulf, it is the capital of the Emirate of Dubai, and has more than one million inhabitants and in its metropolitan area exceeds 2.3 million. Until 2008, its population was over 1.5 million inhabitants.