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Abu Dhabi [a] is the capital city of the United Arab Emirates. 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 Gulf from the central-western coast of the UAE.
AD Ports Group has five integrated business clusters Digital, Economic Cities & Free Zones, Logistics, Maritime and Ports. [10] Under the supervision of Abu Dhabi's Department of Economic Development, Maqta Gateway have developed and operates the Advanced Trade and Logistics Platform (ATLP) designed to unify trade and logistics services across Abu Dhabi, [11] including sea, land, air, and ...
In 1962, the company was renamed the Abu Dhabi Petroleum Company. Exports began to flow from the Jebel Dhanna terminal on December 14, 1963. Abu Dhabi's government acquired 25% equity in the company in 1973 and increased its stake to 60% in 1974. The company started using the name Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Petroleum Operations, ADCO, in 1978.
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 48-inch (1,200 mm) pipeline is 360 kilometres (220 mi) long, of which 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) is an offshore section. It passes east of Abu Dhabi city, through Sweihan and west of Al Ain. [8] The pipeline has a capacity of 1.5 million barrels per day (~7.5 × 10 ^ 7 t/a). It cost $3.3 billion. [3]
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 Abu Dhabi United Group for Development and Investment (ADUG; Arabic: مجموعة أبوظبي الاتحاد للتنمية والاستثمار) is a United Arab Emirates (UAE) based private equity company. [1] It is owned by Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, [2] member of the Abu Dhabi Royal Family and Vice President of the UAE.
The Abu Dhabi Urban Planning Council's primary purpose is to deliver the vision of His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the late President of the UAE and ruler of Abu Dhabi, for the continued fulfillment of the grand design envisaged by the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan and the ongoing evolution of Abu Dhabi as a global ...