Talk:Abu Dhabi
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Was this area really not settled until the 1700s? Tuf-Kat 06:59, Oct 2, 2003 (UTC)
- Most likely the tribe mingled with existing residents in the area, but the location might well have had no permanent inhabitants. These were all nomads; and to this day there are still quite a few that live the nomadic lifestyle, the main change being the addition of cellphones. 1/2 :-) But I just wrote what Abu Dhabi says about itself, don't have a massive tome of Arabian history to work from. Stan 13:08, 2 Oct 2003 (UTC)
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Name of ruler Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahayan should be mentioned somewhere...
Emirate and City
Does anyone familiar with the area think it would be useful to have two articles: this one, Abu Dhabi (Emirate) and another Abu Dhabi (City). The images are just of the city itself which is a little misleading. The images simply show the city itself and the article doesn't make things perfectly clear. The Emirate as a whole is actually quite massive though most of it is desert. Marskell 18:46, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- I lived a while in a quite remote area in the Emirate near the town of Ruwais. Have a look on the German article [1] (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Dhabi) on Wikipedia. I have added some Cities there. But there are not much information available except maybe Al Ain. The section is reporting about that motorway in the night illuminated all the way long and some stuff on desalination and power plants. Have also a look on the links to the cities ("Halbinsel"=paninsula). Contact me if more information are required, maybe I can help. -ThorstenS 11:48, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
