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Sharjah ("") is the third largest and third most populous ___MASK30___ in the United Arab Emirates , forming part of the Dubai - Sharjah - Ajman metropolitan area . It is located along the southern coast of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula . Downtown Dubai , previously known as Downtown Burj Dubai , is a large - ___MASK38___ , mixed - use complex under development in Dubai , United Arab Emirates . It is the ___MASK94___ of some of the city ' s largest landmarks including Burj Khalifa , Dubai Mall , and Dubai Fountain . It covers an area of , at an estimated cost of US $ 20 billion ( Dh73 billion ) upon completion . The United Arab Emirates ('), sometimes simply called the Emirates (') or the UAE , is a federal ___MASK74___ in Western Asia at the southeast end of the Arabian Peninsula on the Persian Gulf , bordering Oman to the east and Saudi Arabia to the south , as well as ___MASK23___ maritime borders with Qatar to the west and ___MASK18___ to the north . In 2013 , the UAE ' s population was 9 . 2 million , of which ___MASK93___ . 4 million are Emirati citizens and 7 . 8 million are expatriates . A ___MASK30___ is a large and permanent human settlement . Although there is no agreement on how a ___MASK30___ is distinguished from a town in general English language meanings , many cities have a particular administrative , legal , or historical status based on local law . Dubai (; "") is the most populous ___MASK30___ in the United Arab Emirates ( UAE ). It is located on the southeast coast of the Persian Gulf and is the capital of the ___MASK95___ of Dubai , one of the seven emirates that make up the country . Abu Dhabi and Dubai are the only two emirates to have veto power over critical matters of national importance in the country ' s legislature . The ___MASK30___ of Dubai is located on the ___MASK95___ ' s northern coastline and heads up the Dubai - Sharjah - Ajman metropolitan area . Dubai is to host World Expo 2020 . The ___MASK95___ of Dubai , is one of the seven emirates of the United Arab Emirates . Ajman ("") is the ___MASK36___ of the ___MASK95___ of Ajman in the United Arab Emirates , located along the Persian Gulf . The Grand Boulevard ___MASK43___ is an approved ___MASK43___ , mainly residential , to be built in Downtown Dubai , in Dubai . It will have 69 floors and it was designed by Adrian Smith , who also designed Burj Khalifa . Abu Dhabi ( US , UK ; "" ) is the ___MASK36___ and the second most populous ___MASK30___ of the United Arab Emirates ( the most populous being Dubai ), and also ___MASK36___ of the ___MASK95___ of Abu Dhabi , the largest of the UAE ' s seven emirates . Abu Dhabi lies on a T - shaped island jutting into the Persian Gulf from the central western coast . The ___MASK30___ proper had a population of 1 . 5 million in 2014 . The Persian ___MASK84___ is a mediterranean ___MASK56___ in Western Asia . The body of water is an extension of the Indian Ocean ( ___MASK84___ of Oman ) through the Strait of Hormuz and lies between Iran to the northeast and the Arabian Peninsula to the southwest . The Shatt al - Arab river delta forms the northwest shoreline . The Burj Khalifa ( Arabic for " Khalifa ___MASK43___ "; pronounced ), known as the Burj Dubai before its inauguration , is a megatall ___MASK63___ in Dubai , United Arab Emirates . It is the tallest structure in the world , standing at . An ___MASK95___ is a political territory that is ruled by a dynastic Islamic monarch styled emir . It also means " principality ".