text: Dubai ( Dubayy duË Ë baÉ ) is one of the seven emirates of the United Arab Emirates ( UAE ) . It is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates , after Abu Dhabi .
simplified: On 2 December 1971 Dubai formed the United Arab Emirates , together with Abu Dhabi and five other emirates .