Abu Hail أبو هيل | |
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 Interactive map of Abu Hail | |
| Coordinates:25°16′35″N55°20′45″E / 25.27651°N 55.34592°E /25.27651; 55.34592 | |
| Country | United Arab Emirates |
| Emirate | Dubai |
| City | Dubai |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.27 km2 (0.49 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 21,414 |
| • Density | 16,900/km2 (43,700/sq mi) |
| Community number | 126 |
Abu Hail (Arabic:أبو هيل) is a neighbourhood inDubai,United Arab Emirates (UAE), located inDeira. The locality is largely residential and is bordered by the localities ofAl Waheda on the east,Hor Al Anz in the south andAl Baraha on the west.
The Abu Hail Shopping Centre and Dubai Labour Office are located in Abu Hail.
Abu Hail has aMetro Station on theGreen Line of theDubai Metro inDubai,UAE.
Abu Hail is mentioned in the 1830 British survey of theTrucial Coast: "Aboo Heyle is a small village situated about three miles to the SW ofSharjah, on the same creek withKhan village, on the other bank. They jointly contain about two hundred and fifty inhabitants, of various tribles, mostly fishermen, and are subject to Sharjah."[1] A slightly earlier survey, under Captain Robert Taylor, has the village 'under Sheikh Ali Mohamed of the tribe Matarish'.[2]
The settlement and port of Abu Hail were bombarded on 18 January 1820 by British forces during thePersian Gulf campaign of 1819,[3] following the fall ofRas Al Khaimah. The action resulted in theGeneral Maritime Treaty of 1820, which led to the recognition of the coastal emirates as theTrucial States and, eventually, to the formation of the United Arab Emirates in December 1971.
By the turn of the 20th century, Abu Hail was effectively abandoned and only occupied, by people from bothAl Khan andDubai, during the date harvest.[4]
Abu Hail (Arabic: أبو هيل) is a Metro station on theGreen Line of theDubai Metro in Dubai, UAE, serving the Abu Hail andHor Al Anz areas in Deira.
The station opened as part of theGreen Line on 9 September 2011. It is close to the Abu Hail Center and the Pearl Wisdom School Dubai. The station is also close to a number of bus routes.
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