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The 2022 and 2023 editions were held by Informa with the support of the Department of Culture and Tourism - Abu Dhabi. [6] The 2024 edition of MEFCC saw record-breaking numbers, with over 38,000 visitors attending the three-day festival [7] held at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC).
The ruler of Abu Dhabi would appoint representatives for Al Ain and other western regions, a position held by Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan in 1946 prior to becoming the ruler of Abu Dhabi in 1966 and establishing the first agency of what would be later reformed into the Abu Dhabi government, the Abu Dhabi Planning Council. [4]
The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority is headquartered in the city, and was the world's 3rd largest sovereign wealth fund in 2022. [7] Abu Dhabi itself has over a trillion US dollars worth of assets under management in a combination of various sovereign wealth funds headquartered there. [8]
The extraordinary increase in population in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi during the past half-century has made the size, structure and distribution of the population a key concern for future development. The population of Abu Dhabi reached 1.968 million in mid-2010, with an average annual growth rate of 9.6% since 1960 - among the highest in the world.
The United Arab Emirates is a high-income developing market economy.The UAE's economy is the 4th largest in the Middle East (after Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Israel), with a gross domestic product (GDP) of US$415 billion (AED 1.83 trillion) in 2021-2023.
In 2012 and, for the decennial, in 2022, the race was held twice: in January and December. On 29 July 2022, it was announced that Gulf 12 Hours joined the Intercontinental GT Challenge calendar both in 2022 and 2023. [1] The race did not return as part of the IGTC calendar in 2024 after the two-year contract was not extended. [2]
Toggle List of rulers of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi subsection. ... 2 November 2004 – 13 May 2022 Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan: b. 1948 – d. 2022
A Jordanian national of Palestinian descent and a contract employee in Dubai, “K.H.” was summoned for interrogation on 10 April 2024 by Abu Dhabi State Security Service over a Facebook post condemning Israel's genocidal assault on Gaza. He was imprisoned for three days, denied legal representation, and forced to leave the UAE.