United Arab EmiratesUAE

clues 7Updated 2023-05-01

Quiz ▾Basics ▾

LanguageArabic
Driving sideDrives on the right
Domain.ae
Easily confused with:Qatar, Oman, LebanonQuizzes for this area:City quiz

Whole area6

Clues that work anywhere in this area

License Plate★★★

License plates are usually white, but sometimes the left side or top is red.

Watch outQatar's license plates look similarly coloured, so be careful.
Examples1See alsoQatar
Open in Street View1
Building★★★

Downtown Dubai often shows skyscrapers, many of them under construction.

Examples12
Where
FujayrahSharjahRas Al KhaymahDubayNeutral ZoneNeutral ZoneAbu DhabiUmm Al QaywaynAjmanDubaiDubai
Sheikh Zayed Road
Sheikh Zayed Road
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Google Car★★★

The Google Car is distinctive — you can sometimes see a white roof, and even when you can't, the car is generally white.

Examples1
Landscape★★★

Unlike Qatar, the terrain has relief, and completely flat areas are rare. Rocky mountains can appear, especially in the eastern and southern outskirts.

Watch outThis differs from flat Qatar. Rocky mountains here are also easy to confuse with the Musandam Peninsula, part of Oman, so be careful.
Examples12345678910See alsoQatarOman's Musandam Peninsula
Where
FujayrahSharjahRas Al KhaymahDubayNeutral ZoneNeutral ZoneAbu DhabiUmm Al QaywaynAjman
Utility Pole★★★

Sign posts and roadside poles are often striped.

Watch outPlain silver metal-pipe poles are also common, so the absence of stripes doesn't rule this out.
Examples12345

Narrowing down the region1

Once you know the area: which part of it

Sir Bani Yas Island

Google Car★★★

Sir Bani Yas Island has a distinctive landscape, and the Google Car is visible almost everywhere.

Examples1234
Where
FujayrahSharjahRas Al KhaymahDubayNeutral ZoneNeutral ZoneAbu DhabiUmm Al QaywaynAjmanSir Bani Yas IslandSir Bani Yas Island
By Ismail.alghussein - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0

Regions

Fujayrah Sharjah Ras Al Khaymah Dubay Neutral Zone Neutral Zone Abu Dhabi Umm Al Qaywayn Ajman
Abu Dhabi
Dubai
Burj Khalifa
Sharjah
Ras Al Khaimah
Fujairah
Al Ain
Adapted from Natural Earth

Quiz

Basics

General facts about this place
  • A federation of seven emirates; Dubai is one of the world's leading commercial and tourist cities[ref]
  • The world's tallest skyscraper, Burj Khalifa, is located in Dubai[ref]

Nearby areas

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