Jumeirah Grand Mosque (Dubai, UAE)
Jumeirah
literally means "beautiful". It is a coastal residential area in
Dubai, United Arab Emirates mainly comprising low rise private dwellings. It is
administratively divided into three neighborhoods titled "Jumeirah 1"
, "Jumeirah 2" and "Jumeirah 3". It has both expensive and
large detached properties as well as more modest town houses built in a variety
of architectural styles. The area is popular with expatriates working in the
emirate and is familiar to many tourists visiting Dubai.
Historically,
Emirati people living in the Jumeirah were fishermen, pearl divers and traders.
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
on the site.
The old name
persisted for a time after the old Hotel was demolished in 1997.
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