Dubai World Central is a city that was under construction in

Dubai Dubai (, ; ar, wikt:دبي, دبي, translit=Dubayy, , ) is the List of cities in the United Arab Emirates#Major cities, most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the capital of the Emirate of Dubai, the most populated of the 7 ...

United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia (Middle East, The Middle East). It is ...

in 2006, planned to be an economic zone to support a number of activities including logistics, aviation, commercial, exhibition, humanitarian, residential and other related businesses around

Al Maktoum International Airport Al Maktoum International Airport , also known as Dubai World Central, is an international airport in Jebel Ali, southwest of Dubai, United Arab Emirates that opened on 27 June 2010. It is the main part of Dubai South, a planned reside ...

with the planned annual capacity of 12 million tonnes of cargo and 160 million passengers. The construction area is two times the size of

Hong Kong Island Hong Kong Island is an island in the southern part of Hong Kong. Known colloquially and on road signs simply as Hong Kong, the island has a population of 1,289,500 and its population density is 16,390/km2, . The island had a population of a ...

. The development was planned to comprise the following sub-development projects: *Dubai World Central Residential City *Dubai World Central Logistics City *Dubai World Central Enterprise Park *Dubai World Central Commercial City *Dubai World Central Aviation City * Dubai World Central - Al Maktoum International Airport *Dubai World Central Staff Village *Dubai World Central Golf City

References

External links

Dubai World Central website
Special economic zones Companies based in Dubai {{UAE-struct-stub