Top 10 Interesting Facts About Dubai

10 Interesting facts about Dubai.

No 10. the city of gold you ever heard of el dorado it's a legendary city thought to have been paved with gold also a dang good movie in my opinion many explorers have tried to find this city but none have ever been successful as it turns out though el dorado is actually just a plane ride away Dubai is definitely the modern day very real equivalent to the legendary city of gold the city is quite literally teeming with the precious metal in fact more than 25 of the world's physical gold has passed through Dubai at some point in time if ever you're in the city and you want to buy some gold Dubai's famous gold soak a traditional market should be your primary destination there's over 380 gold retailers in this place so you'll never want for choice though if that isn't much of your thing you can opt to go to the many ATMs that dispense actual gold bars watch out for muckers if Dubai's infatuation with the precious metal isn't obvious enough just remember that this city gave the world gold-plated supercars in an 11 116 foot gold chain this truly is a gangster's paradise

No 9. No home address this may sound crazy to the rest of the world but this is a solid verifiable fact until 2015 Dubai had no addresses no postal codes no area codes not even a postal system this was mainly due to the rate at which Dubai has grown as a city which raises the question how do people find their destination prior to 2015 the good old-fashioned way of course drawing makeshift maps and asking for directions scary for us i know looking for a specific house you'll get answers like after you pass the white moss gets the first street to the left blue door looking for the tree you gotta look for the tree there okay if you go past the tree you gotten too far there so look for the tree prior to 2015 nowhere in Dubai or in the wider UAE had a proper address there weren't even any road names just an incoherent system of numbers with which to navigate the network of backstreets fortunately though Dubai has since adopted a somewhat working address system each and every building has been assigned a 10-digit Makani number to help identify them.

No 8. A city of foreigners since 2009 Dubai has slowly become the most populated city in the UAE overtaking oil-rich Abu Dhabi situated in the northern coastline of the UAE the place has witnessed a phenomenal transition from a traditional city to a global business hub according to worldpopulationreview.com Dubai's 2021 population is estimated to be at just under 3 million it is one of the most rapidly growing cities in the world if you take into account that it only had 20 000 people living there in the 50s what's actually surprising though is the fact that the foreigners vastly outnumber natives in the city in fact only 15 percent of the city's total population is comprised of native residents the other 85 percent are all expatriates about 85 percent of the expatriate population or 71 of the total population is actually Asian mostly coming from India other Asians in Dubai come from Pakistan Bangladesh and the Philippines the city also has a high number of Somalis and British expatriates which makes it the largest population of western expatriates as well.

No 7. So much sand the palm islands in Dubai are three artificial islands built on the coast of Dubai the three islands palm Jumeirah Deira islands and palm Jabel Ali are some of the most ambitious engineering projects ever initiated so far only Palm Jumeirah has been completed the building it required insane amounts of sand 94 million cubic meters of the stuff to be exact Anakin sky-walker would definitely not approve so much rank and Zen was using the island's construction that it's been estimated that it could be used to build a two-meter wide wall that could encircle the globe three times palm Jumeirah island is protected from the ravages of the sea by an 11 kilometer breakwater that surrounds the island in a crescent shape this by the way is also man-made this also helps protect the islands from seasonal winds that often blow across the gulf from Iraq unfortunately it looks like not even all the sand in the world would be enough to finish the work on the Deira islands and palm Jabel Ali although reclamation on both islands are done no further development has been planned in the near future.

No 6. Record breaker the Burj Khalifa at 2716 feet high is currently the world's tallest building an icon in the Dubai skyline this building is a must visit if you find yourselves in that part of the world a little known fact about this Dubai landmark is that the design of the building is based on a local desert flower this flower is called a hymenal callus also known as a spider lily there's about three feet or lobes which from the architectural base of the Burj Khalifa which echo the shape of this flower aside from holding the world record for being the tallest building in the world the Burj Khalifa holds six other world records the burned Khalifa is also the tallest freestanding structure in the world has the highest number of stories in the world has the highest occupied floor in the world has the highest outdoor observation deck in the world has the elevator with the longest travel distance in the world and has the tallest service elevator in the world it's also possibly the most sustainable building in the world every year 15 million gallons of water are collected sustainably the water is used for irrigation to water the landscaping and plans for the cooling system and to supply the Dubai Fountain as well.

NO 5. Seven star luxury at 1053 feet the Burj Al Arab is the third tallest hotel in the world about a third of that height is all for show though as 39 of its total height is unoccupied it stands on an artificial island 920 feet from Jumeirah Beach and is connected to the mainland by a private curving bridge now despite not being a 100 operational it is still considered a seven-star hotel the only seven-star hotel in fact and there are many reasons why and one of them is surprise surprise gold the interior of this hotel is decorated with around 1 790 square meters of 24 karat gold leaf that is a lot of gold right there along with all that gold only the finest and most exclusive materials were sourced for finishing the interiors of the Burj Al Arab amongst the fine items brought in to create the magical interiors were custom-made carpets and rugs from South Africa and India marvel from brazil and Italy wooden doors from Dubai and chandeliers from the UK.

No 4. Super Cop cars here's a fun fact about Dubai that'll definitely make you feel poor or poorer at this point if the previous facts haven't yet shown the world just how classy Dubai can be the city's police force uses Super Cars as police cars and I'm not talking about no cheap entry-level supercars here if they're actually even such a thing their fleet which is literally worth hundreds of millions of dollars include cars such as the Ferrari ff Lamborghini Aventador and an Aston Martin 177. Not only that they also hold a world record for the fastest police car a Bugatti Veyron which they purchase for a whopping 1.6 million dollars kind of think of judge dread level vehicles each and every one of these cars costs more than going to New York university you know incidentally going to the most expensive universities in the US will set you back about a quarter of a million for four years thanks to public schools they aren't just about cars though they equally love motorbikes as well and in the same context major general Abdullah Khalifa al-Mari formed a motorcycle unit in 2008 then tasked it with protecting VIPs on busy roads.

No3. The garden of miracles if you're in the middle of the desert what's the last thing that you'd expect to see from the top of my head I'd say a garden or a dry pepper machine that's why it's amazing that there aren't only gardens in this city in the middle of the desert the city has the biggest one in the world the Dubai miracle garden is estimated to be around 72 000 square meters and amazingly this whole area is totally covered with floral themes floral sculptures and endless flower beddings all of these stellar features make the Dubai Miracle Garden as the largest flower garden in the world as no other garden in the world claims to have that much size as well as flowers the Dubai miracle garden itself is a miracle because it exists in such a place where the survival of the plants and flowers is almost impossible and it's even more impressive at the size and scale but miraculously the Dubai miracle garden exists with its full glory within the heart of such extreme conditions now it's time for today's best pick today's best pick has something to do with camels no it's not the fact that camels really aren't indigenous to the area everybody knows that rather it's about the exciting cutthroat sport of camel racing something I'm sure none of you actually expected to hear about what am I talking about well find out next with.

No 2. Robot jockeys camel racing is a very popular sport in Dubai similar to what football is in the USA and hockey to Canada think of it like Dubai's answer to the Kentucky derby just with two big glaring differences take away the horses putting camels and also there's no entry fees given the camel's size only children can participate in raising them however they don't allow Dubai's resident children to participate as there's been a problem in the past with having children trafficked into the country to raise camels it may sound somewhat good on paper but there's a bit of a problem with that it's illegal fortunately they came up with a solution that's worthy of Dubai robots today child size robots are being built and are raised in the camels each robot costs anywhere from 300 to 10k no word though of the more expensive models are better camel jocks though before we move on do me a favor my analytics show that only about 15 of you watching are actually subscribed come on guys what's up with that can you guys please hit the subscribe button you guys watch my videos every day anyway so you might as well subscribe and keep up to date with every video we put out.

No 1. Zero income tax as we've established earlier expats outnumber locals in Dubai but what are the reasons why they feel the need to flock into the city apart from the high quality of life the foremost reason for such enthusiasm for Dubai is the fact that Dubai is a tax-free nation the American and British governments are just looking on and disgust right now there is zero income tax on income generated in Dubai also there's no sales tax on the majority of goods and services however in a twist that even Shyamalan won't be able to think of income tax is still the number one source of Dubai's tax while it is true that Dubai does not levy income tax on most of their citizens that does not mean that everyone is exempt from tax certain types of listed businesses are required to pay hefty taxes oil businesses for instance are taxed a heart attack inducing 55 percent also Dubai taxes the income of foreign banks operating in their country this tax rate is levied at a mediocre 20 percent however given the scale of transactions Dubai government still earns a lot of revenue from these taxes.