Dubai Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Dubai Marina=== {{Main|Dubai Marina}} [[File:View from the Torch - 64th floor.jpg|thumb|[[Dubai Marina]]]] Dubai Marina is an artificial canal city, built along a 3-kilometre (2 mi) stretch of Persian Gulf shoreline. {{As of|2018}}, it had a population of 55,052.<ref>{{cite web|title=UAE: Division of Dubai (Sectors and Communities) β Population Statistics, Charts and Map|url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uae/dubai/admin/|access-date=13 April 2021|archive-date=13 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413111443/https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uae/dubai/admin/|url-status=live}}</ref> When the entire development is complete, it will accommodate more than 120,000 people in residential towers and villas.<ref name="designbuild-network.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.designbuild-network.com/projects/dubai-marina/ |title=The Dubai Marina in Dubai Designed by Architects HOK Canada Inc |publisher=Design Build Network |access-date=2010-10-15}}</ref> It is located on Interchange 5 between [[Jebel Ali Port]] and the area which hosts [[Dubai Internet City]], [[Dubai Media City]], and the [[American University in Dubai]]. The first phase of this project has been completed. Dubai Marina was inspired by the [[Concord Pacific Place]] development along [[False Creek]] in [[Vancouver|Vancouver, BC]], Canada.<ref>[https://charterclick.com/blog/false_creek Brody, Trevor (2006). False Creek, Dubai.]</ref> There have been many instances of marine wildlife (especially whales and sharks) entering the marina because of its proximity to the open sea.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gulfnews.com/news/uae/environment/whale-shark-spotted-in-dubai-marina-1.1574249 |title=Whale shark spotted in Dubai Marina |publisher=GulfNews.com |date=2015-08-27 |access-date=2018-01-20}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page