OtterKnow Kids EncyclopediaDubai is a city in the United Arab Emirates, a country in the Middle East. About 3.5 million people live there. Dubai is in the desert, so it is very hot and sunny most of the year. It hardly ever rains.
Dubai has the tallest building in the world, called the Burj Khalifa. It is over 2,700 feet tall, which is more than half a mile high! Dubai also has man-made islands shaped like palm trees that you can see from space. There is even an indoor ski slope with real snow, right in the middle of the desert.
- Just 50 years ago, Dubai was a small fishing and trading town.
- It grew very quickly into a modern city full of skyscrapers!
- People in Dubai enjoy eating shawarma, which is seasoned meat wrapped in warm flatbread.
- Dubai also has one of the biggest shopping malls in the world, with an aquarium inside it.
