What Do You Know About Dubai?

The Dubai mall is one of the largest malls in the world.

The Dubai Aquarium Tank has a capacity of 1 million liters.

Dubai boasts of having the biggest picture frame in the world.

A 155-million-year-old fossil of Diplodocus Longus - famously known as the ‘Dubai Dino’.

Dubai city is in the southeastern corner of the Emirate of Dubai.

Dubai is often called the “shopping capital of the Middle East.”

Burj Khalifa became the tallest building in the world.

The Palm Islands are 6 artificial islands.

There is no floating bridge across Dubai Creek.

A small exclave called Hatta belongs to the Emirate of Dubai.

Dubai has pink taxis which are only for kids.

Dubai has its own government-owned budget airline, called Flydubai.

Alcohol is permitted in Dubai but tightly regulated. 

Dubai grew as a fishing village in the early 1700s.

Dubai became a British dependent in 1990. 

In 1901, Dubai was established as the main free port of the Trucial Coast.

Bani Yas Rashid built the first bridge across Dubai Creek, Al Maktoum Bridge.

Dubai Zoo became the first zoo in the Arabian Peninsula in 1967.

In 1969, Dubai’s first television shows began airing.

Dubai Mall opened next to Burj Khalifa in 2022.