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  2. du (company) - Wikipedia

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    Website. www.du.ae. Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company P.J.S.C. (Arabic: شركة الإمارات للاتصالات المتكاملة), commercially rebranded as du (دو) in February 2007, is one of the two main telecom operators in the United Arab Emirates. du offers fixed line, mobile telephony, internet and digital television ...

  3. Dubai - Wikipedia

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    dm.gov.ae. Dubai[a] is the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates and the capital of the Emirate of Dubai, the most populated of the country's seven emirates. [7][8][9] The city has a population of around 3.6 million (as of 2022), [10] more than 90% of which are expatriates. [11] Dubai was founded in the 19th century as a fishing village.

  4. Telecommunications in the United Arab Emirates - Wikipedia

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    On the du network, users who try to access a blocked web page are redirected to du's block page. Internet filtering in the UAE was listed as pervasive in the social and Internet tools areas, as substantial in the political area, and as selective in the conflict/security area by the OpenNet Initiative in August 2009. [12]

  5. History of Dubai - Wikipedia

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    Al Fahidi Fort in Dubai in the late 1950s, built in 1787 Al Fahidi Fort today. Al Fahidi Fort is the oldest existing building in Dubai.. The Umayyads introduced Islam to the area in the 7th century [13] and sparked the vitalization of the area, opening up trade routes supported by fishing and pearl diving to eastern regions such as modern-day Pakistan and India, with reports of ships ...

  6. United Arab Emirates - Wikipedia

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    The United Arab Emirates[ c ] (UAE), or simply the Emirates, [ d ] is a country in West Asia, in the Middle East, at the eastern end of the Arabian Peninsula. It is a federal, elective monarchy composed of seven emirates, with Abu Dhabi as its capital. [ 14 ] It shares land borders with Oman to the east and northwest, and with Saudi Arabia to ...

  7. Dubai International Airport - Wikipedia

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    Dubai International Airport is situated in the Al Garhoud district, 2.54 nautical miles (4.70 km; 2.92 mi) east [2] of the city center of Dubai and spread over an area of 7,200 acres (2,900 ha) of land. [12] Terminal 3 is the second-largest building in the world by floor space and the largest airport terminal in the world. [13]

  8. List of tallest buildings in Dubai - Wikipedia

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    Dubai, the largest city in the United Arab Emirates, is home to many extremely tall modern high-rises, [1] 108 of which stand taller than 180 metres (591 ft). The tallest building in Dubai is the Burj Khalifa, which rises 828 metres (2,717 ft) and contains 163 floors. [2] The tower has stood as both the tallest building in the world and the ...

  9. Emirate of Dubai - Wikipedia

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    The city of Dubai is located on the coast of the Persian Gulf, while the Emirate stretches inland and is bordered to the south by the emirate of Abu Dhabi, to the northeast by the emirate of Sharjah, to the southeast by the country of Oman, to the east by the emirate of Ajman, and to the north by the emirate of Ras Al Khaimah.