Al Rashidiya () is a locality in
Dubai
Dubai (Help:IPA/English, /duːˈbaɪ/ Help:Pronunciation respelling key, ''doo-BYE''; Modern Standard Arabic, Modern Standard Arabic: ; Emirati Arabic, Emirati Arabic: , Romanization of Arabic, romanized: Help:IPA/English, /diˈbej/) is the Lis ...
,
United Arab Emirates
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(UAE). Al Rashidiya is located south of
Dubai International Airport
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in
Deira
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Etymology
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, the eastern region of Dubai. The locality is bounded to the north by route
D 89 (Al Khawaneej Road), the west by route
D 62 (Nad Al Hammar Road) and the east by route
E 311 (Emirates Road). A local street, "201 Road", separates Al Rashidiya from the locality of Nad Al Shamma.
Al Rashidiya borders Dubai International Airport to the north,
Umm Ramool to the west,
Nad Al Shamma to the south and
Mirdif
Mirdif () (sometimes referred to as Mirdiff due to differences in transliteration) is a residential area located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Mirdif has a population of approximately 37,000 and consists mainly of villa developments and or sin ...
to the east. Local roads in Al Rashidiya follow a
grid plan
In urban planning, the grid plan, grid street plan, or gridiron plan is a type of city plan in which streets run at right angles to each other, forming a grid.
Two inherent characteristics of the grid plan, frequent intersections and orthogon ...
, with even-numbered roads running northeast–southwest, and odd-numbered roads running northwest–southeast. Al Rashidiya shares the local road addressing system with the locality of Nad Al Shamma.
Important landmarks in Al Rashidiya include Al Rashidiya Park, Nad Al Shamma Park, Rashidiya Grand Mosque and Bin Sougat Shopping Mall. Al Rashidiya is a relatively wealthy neighbourhood of
expatriate
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The term often refers to a professional, skilled worker, or student from an affluent country. However, it may also refer to retirees, artists and ...
s and
Emiratis. The locality is dotted with independent
villa
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s and
town homes. Dubai's Airport Tunnel, part of which connects Al Rashidiya to
Al Qusais, was the longest tunnel in the
Middle East
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The term came into widespread usage by the United Kingdom and western Eur ...
when it was built. The tunnel is long and cost
Dh. 686 million (
US$
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190 million).
[Work on longest tunnel in Mideast on schedule]
. Khaleej Times. August 20, 2004
References
Communities in Dubai
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