Abu Dhabi, the capital of the UAE, is a modern city flanked by architecturally striking skyscrapers. It is the center of government and business life in the UAE, headquarters of the emirates oil operating companies. Abu Dhabi is mainly an oil-driven economy. Abu Dhabi is the largest of the seven Emirates and the Federal capital of the UAE. It constitutes nearly 86.7% of the nation's total land area including nearly 200 islands.
Abu Dhabi is a modern city with state of the art infrastructure, exquisite shopping complexes, and recently developed tourist attractions. Abu Dhabi like the rest of the Emirates is one of the safest tourist destinations in the world with some of the best tourist facilities. It is a vibrant and fascinating city with an impressive skyline, parks and gardens, luxury hotels, lavish villas and mansions, boulevards and beaches. Today over 120 million trees have been planted in the emirate of Abu Dhabi alone.
Although Abu Dhabi has been slow to join the regional real estate boom, but with new property ownership laws in place since last summer, the emirate has already launched several huge projects, including the $14.7 billion Al Raha Beach and $6.8 billion Shams Abu Dhabi project by Sorouh Real Estate.
