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Abu Dhabi
(
Arabic
:
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,
?Ab? ?aby
) is the
capital city
of the
United Arab Emirates
. It is in the emirate of
Abu Dhabi
. Abu Dhabi is one of the seven emirates which form the United Arab Emirates(UAE). The city is on a T-shaped
island
going into the
Persian Gulf
from the central western coast. The city is 972 km
2
in size. The city had a population of 1.45 million people in 2022. Abu Dhabi is also the
capital
of
UAE
and is the largest emirates in UAE.
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People started to live in the area and call it Abu Dhabi about 300 years ago. In the 1970s, the Bani Yas tribe made Abu Dhabi their capital city. Shakhbut bin-Dhiyab Al Nahyan became the leader of the city in 1818. People found oil in 1958 in Abu Dhabi. They started to sell the oil in the 1960s. In 1971 December the 2nd, Abu Dhabi joined the
United Arab Emirates
and became the
capital city
.
Abu Dhabi is in a desert and has a desert climate. There is not a lot of rain but it does rain a little in the winter months. The average rainfall per year is 51 cm. It can also be very hot. In the daytime, the average
summer
temperature
is 42 °C. The average daytime temperature in the winter is more comfortable at 23 °C.
Abu Dhabi has many tourist attractions such as the Sheikh Zayed Mosque, Abu Dhabi Louvre Museum, Mangrove Kayaking Tours, Ferrari World, the Emirates Palace, Qasr Al-Hosn, bout towers, Abu Dhabi According to the Department of
Culture
and
Tourism
. The usual amount of people that come in Abu Dhabi is 10 million per year. Abu Dhabi also has Jabal Hafeet, which is the tallest mountain in the UAE.