Abu Dhabi

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Abu Dhabi

Total population

921,000

Air quality index

162Unhealthy

Coordinates24.45°, 54.38°

Demographic figures from UAE Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Centre. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Abu Dhabi is the capital city of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The city is the seat of the Abu Dhabi Central Capital District, the capital city of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, and the UAE's second-most populous city, after Dubai. The city is situated on a T-shaped island, extending into the Persian Gulf from the central-western coast of the UAE.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

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Fatima Jaber

Emirati construction businesswoman, who is COO of the Al Jaber Group

Abdulrahman Thaher

Palestinian actor and director

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Saif Rashid

Emirati association football player

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Yousif Saeed

Emirati association football player

A

Abdul Shakoor

cricketer

Mishal Hamed Kanoo

4th generation to run the Kanoo family business

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Ahmed Al Hashmi

Emirati association football player

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Mohamed Al-Akbari

association football player

A

Ahmed Husain Al-Hashmi

association football player

Salem Al Ketbi

UAE political scientist and author

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Amer Omar Bazuhair

Emirati association football player

A

Abdullah Hanif

cricketer

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Salmeen Khamis

Emirati association football player

A

Ahmed Mahmoud

association football player

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Saif Yousef

association football player

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Eisa Ahmed

association football player

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Abu Dhabi

Peer Review for Biomedical Publications

Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi Press · 2016

Planning Abu Dhabi

Alamira Reem Bani Hashim · 2018

Louvre Abu Dhabi

Laurence Des Cars · 2013

Abu Dhabi oil and beyond

Christopher M. Davidson · 2009

Abu Dhabi

Christopher Davidson · 2009

Top 10 Dubai & Abu Dhabi

Lara Dunston · 2012

Abu Dhabi, 1971

1971

Dubai & Abu Dhabi

Andrea Schulte-Peevers · 2015

Search results from Open Library.