Margab (Dubai)

This article is about the municipality. For other uses, see Margab (Dubai) (disambiguation).

Margab (Arabic: مرقب) is a community of the Emirate of Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates. It is located in Sector 8 in eastern Dubai.

Margab مرقب
Community
A scorpion in desert at night in Margab
Coordinates: 24.822592°N 55.604058°E / 24.822592; 55.604058
Country	United Arab Emirates
Emirate	Dubai
City	Dubai
Area
• Total	34.6 km2 (13.4 sq mi)
Population
• Total	666
• Density	19/km2 (50/sq mi)
Community number	857

Territory

The territory of the community occupies an area of 34.6 km² which develops in a non-urban area in eastern Dubai, on the border with the Emirate of Sharjah.

The area is bounded on the east by Remah, on the south by Yaraah, on the west by the community of Al Fagaa and north by Umm Eselay.

The territory is largely desert and falls almost entirely within the Dubai Desert Conservation Reserve, one of the oldest and largest protected areas in Dubai.

Margab map

The area is not currently served by the Dubai Metro.

See also

• List of communities in Dubai
• History of the UAE

Bibliography

• Dubai: The Complete Residents' Guide. Explorer Publishing & Distribution, 2006. June 2006. ISBN 9789768182760.
• Frauke Heard-Bey (1982). From Trucial States to United Arab Emirates: a society in transition. ISBN 0582780322.

External links

• "Dubai Statistics Center". Retrieved 8 November 2022.
• Dubai Statistics Center (ed.). "Population Bulletin - Emirate of Dubai - 2021" (PDF). Retrieved 6 November 2021.
• "Division of Dubai". Retrieved 12 November 2022.
• "Dubai Desert Conservation Reserve". Dubai Desert Conservation Reserve. Retrieved 12 November 2022.