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Discover ÎLE D'ABU DHABI
Abu Dhabi, "the father of the gazelle", the federal capital of the United Arab Emirates, appeared as a settlement in 1793 and remained a provincial town until the early 1960s. In Qasr el Hosn, you'll discover, incredulous, these yellowed photos of a beach planted with a few shacks and haunted by ungainly fishermen. The sight before our eyes today gives full meaning to the word "development". At the beginning of the 20th century, historians agree that Abu Dhabi's population did not exceed 6,000, falling to around 4,000 in the mid-1950s when the pearling industry collapsed. It wasn't until the end of the 1960s, when Sheikh Zayed came to power and the technical and commercial structures of the black gold industry were established, that a real phenomenon of urban sedentarization took place. Today, the island is both modern and a guardian of its cultural heritage.
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