ABU DHABI

Abu Dhabi, literally Father of Gazelle,

 is the capital and the second largest city of the United Arab Emirates in terms of population and the largest of the seven member emirates of the United Arab Emirates. Abu Dhabi lies on a T-shaped island  into the Persian Gulf from the central western coast.

 Fortune magazine and  CNN stated that Abu Dhabi is the richest city in the world.

entrance of Emirates Palace Hotel

Abu Dhabi is full of archeological evidence pointing to civilizations having been located there from the 3rd millennium BCE.

"Settlements were also found further out of the modern city of Abu Dhabi but close to the modern city of Al Ain. There is evidence of civilizations around the mountain of Hafeet (Jebel Hafeet).
 This location is very strategic because it is the UAE’s second tallest mountain so it would have great visibility and it contains a lot of moisture in the form of springs and lakes today, which means there would have been even more back thousands of years ago."

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