Jumeirah ( <small>Emirati pronunciation:</small> ) is a coastal residential area of Dubai, United Arab Emirates mainly comprising low rise private dwellings and hotel developments. It has both large expensive detached properties and more modest town houses built in a variety of architectural styles. The area is popular with expatriates working in Dubai and is familiar to many visiting tourists.

History

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Archaeological excavations at Jumeirah Archaeological Site, which was discovered in 1969, demonstrate that the area was inhabited as far back as the Abbasid era, approximately in the 10th century CE. Measuring about , the site lay along a caravan route linking India and China to Oman and Iraq.

In modern times (1960 onwards), Jumeirah was the principal area for western expatriate residences. The beachfront area was previously called "Chicago Beach", as the site of the former Chicago Beach Hotel. The locale's peculiar name had its origins in the Chicago Bridge & Iron Company which at one time welded giant floating oil storage tankers called "Kazzans" on the site.

See also

  • Jumeirah Beach
  • Jumeirah Beach Hotel
  • Jumeira Baccalaureate School
  • Palm Jumeirah
  • Jumeirah Mosque
  • City Walk

References

;Archaeological site

  • Jumeirah Archaeological Site, Dubai Culture & Arts Authority
  • Lonelyplanet website

;Majlis Ghorfat Umm Al-Sheif

  • Majlis Ghorfat Umm Al Sheif, Dubai Culture & Arts Authority