Alpha Cities / Alpha+ tier / Dubai
United Arab Emirates · about 3.7 million people, roughly nine in ten of them foreign nationals.
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Six areas of need, drawn from what is actually true of Dubai's districts, people and institutions — followed by two anchors prayed over every Alpha city.
Map zones are approximations drawn from district centres, not surveyed boundaries. Populations are rounded estimates for scale. For exact figures and geometry use the sources listed on the map layer above.