what country does dubai come under?
United Arab Emirates
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 Dubai is thought to have been established as a fishing village in the early 18th century and was , by 1822 , a town of some 7 – 800 members of the Baniyas tribe and subject to the rule of Sheikh Tahnoon of Abu Dhabi . 

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 On 2 December 1971 , Dubai , together with Abu Dhabi , Sharjah , Ajman , Umm Al Qawain and Fujairah joined in the Act of Union to form the United Arab Emirates . The seventh emirate , Ras Al Khaimah , joined the UAE on 10 February 1972 , following giant non @-@ Arab neighbour Iran 's annexation of the RAK @-@ owned Tunbs islands . 

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 Dubai ( / duːˈbaɪ / doo @-@ BY ; Arabic : دبي Dubayy , Gulf pronunciation : [ dʊˈbɑj ] ) is the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates ( UAE ) . It is located on the southeast coast of the Persian Gulf and is the capital of the Emirate 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 city of Dubai is located on the emirate 's northern coastline and heads up the Dubai @-@ Sharjah @-@ Ajman metropolitan area . Dubai is to host World Expo 2020 . 

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 The city 's cultural imprint as a small , ethnically homogenous pearling community was changed with the arrival of other ethnic groups and nationals — first by the Iranians in the early 1900s , and later by Indians and Pakistanis in the 1960s . In 2005 , 84 % of the population of metropolitan Dubai was foreign @-@ born , about half of them from India . 

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 Dubai had already embarked on a period of infrastructural development and expansion . Oil revenue , flowing from 1969 onwards supported a period of growth with Sheikh Rashid embarking on a policy of building infrastructure and a diversified trading economy before the emirate 's limited reserves were depleted . Oil accounted for 24 % of GDP in 1990 , but had reduced to 7 % of GDP by 2004 . 
