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The Subdivisions of Dubai is based on two levels: the first level is made up of the Sectors, the second level is formed by the Communities (sometimes also referred to as Districts). [1]
The subdivisions of Dubai are rather for planning and administration purposes and not for historical or cultural purposes which helps the planners and decision makers for better planning and generating necessary plans needed for each community. This helps in maintaining each community’s privacy and insuring that it has its own public facilities and services.
This subdivision does not uniquely identify the city of Dubai and therefore does not distinguish between communities belonging to the metropolitan core itself and those belonging to the suburbs or outskirts. However, help in making this distinction comes from the Dubai Urban Plan of 2020. This plan divides the territory of the Emirate into four areas, which reflect distinctive environmental and landscape qualities as well as urban settlement characteristics and land use functions. These areas are: [2]
- Area 1: Offshore Sensitive Urban Area (within 12 nautical miles from the coast);
- Area 2: Metropolitan Urban Area (west of the Outer Bypass Road (E 611 or "Emirates Road"));
- Area 3: Non-urban area (desert lands including land uses for: equestrian sports and camel racing, conservation areas, non-urban settlements);
- Area 4: Non-urban area (desert lands including land uses for: aquifer areas, gas extraction areas, agricultural settlements);
On the basis of this distinction, the metropolitan area of Dubai can therefore be defined as the portion of territory between the E 311 and the coast. This area coincides, net of some small portions, with that subtended by Sectors 1 to 6, also including the offshore area of the artificial islands, whose communities therefore constitute the urban core of the city of Dubai.