Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi (UK: /ˌæbuːˈdæbi/, US: /ˌɑːbuːˈdɑːbi/; Arabic: ‫ ُيبَظ وُبَأ‬ʾAbū Ẓabī Arabic pronunciation:
[ɐˈbuˈðˤɑbi])[6] is the capital of the United Arab Emirates. The city of Abu Dhabi is the capital of the
Emirate of Abu Dhabi and the UAE's second-most populous city after Dubai.
The city of Abu Dhabi is located on an island in the Persian Gulf, off the Central West Coast. Most of
the city and the Emirate reside on the mainland connected to the rest of the country. As of 2021,
Abu Dhabi's urban area had an estimated population of 1.5 million,[7] out of 2.9 million in the
emirate of Abu Dhabi, as of 2016.[8] The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority is headquartered in the
city, and was the world's 3rd largest sovereign wealth fund in 2022.[9] Abu Dhabi itself has over a
trillion US dollars worth of assets under management in a combination of various sovereign wealth
funds headquartered there.[10]
Abu Dhabi houses local and federal government offices and is the home of the United Arab Emirates
Government and the Supreme Council for Financial and Economic Affairs. The city is home to the
UAE's President, a member of the Al Nahyan family. Abu Dhabi's rapid development and
urbanisation, coupled with the massive oil and gas reserves and production and relatively high
average income, have transformed it into a large, developed metropolis. It is the country's centre of
politics and industry, and a major culture and commerce center. Abu Dhabi accounts for about twothirds of the roughly $503 billion UAE economy.[