What is Abu Dhabi?
[[File:AbuDhabi02.JPG|thumb|View of Abu Dhabi|right|300px]] [[File:Abu Dhabi from Space-ISS006-E-32079-March 2003.JPG|thumb|right|300px|Satellite image of Abu Dhabi (March 2003)]] [[File:Flag of Abu Dhabi.svg|right|250px]] [[File:Emblem of Abu Dhabi.svg|right|90px]] {{about|the city|the emirate|Abu Dhabi (emirate)}} '''Abu Dhabi''' ({{lang-ar|أبو ظبي}}, ''ʼAbū Ẓaby'') is the [[capital city]] of the [[United Arab Emirates]]. It is in the emirate of [[Abu Dhabi (emirate)|Abu Dhabi]]. Abu Dhabi is one of the seven emirates which form the United Arab Emirates(UAE). The city is on a T-shaped [[island]] going into the [[Persian Gulf]] from the central western coast. The city is 972&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> in size. The city had a population of 1.45 million people in 2022. Abu Dhabi is also the [[Capital city|capital]] of [[UAE]] and is the largest emirates in UAE.<ref name=wg_ad>[http://world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gcis&lng=en&des=wg&srt=npan&col=abcdefghinoq&msz=1500&geo=-12 United Arab Emirates: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130723182430/http://world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gcis&lng=en&des=wg&srt=npan&col=abcdefghinoq&msz=1500&geo=-12 |date=2013-07-23 }}. World Gazetteer.</ref> == History == People started to live in the area and call it Abu Dhabi about 300 years ago. In the 1970s, the Bani Yas tribe made Abu Dhabi their capital city. Shakhbut bin-Dhiyab Al Nahyan became the leader of the city in 1818. People found oil in 1958 in Abu Dhabi. They started to sell the oil in the 1960s. In 1971 December the 2nd, Abu Dhabi joined the [[United Arab Emirates]] and became the [[capital city]]. == Weather == Abu Dhabi is in a desert and has a desert climate. There is not a lot of rain but it does rain a little in the winter months. The average rainfall per year is 51&nbsp;cm. It can also be very hot. In the daytime, the average [[summer]] [[temperature]] is 42&nbsp;°C. The average daytime temperature in the winter is more comfortabl