Jebel Ali Village (JAV) is a neighbourhood in

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, southern

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. Now it is a redevelopment by

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of the existing Jebel Ali Village.

History

The original Jebel Ali Village was constructed in 1977 to provide accommodation to construction contractors' staff. At this time, Sheikh

Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum ( ar, ٱلـشَّـيْـخ رَاشِـد بِـن سَـعِـيْـد آل مَـكْـتُـوْم, Ash-Shaykh Rāshid bin Sa`īd Āl Maktūm; 11 June 1912 – 7 October 1990) was the vice president ...

planned to develop

into an industrial area with its own airport, port, and township. The remoteness from central Dubai meant that Jebel Ali Village had to be self-sufficient, making residents develop a strong attachment to the area, even after they had left. Jebel Ali Village was effectively a small British-style garden city. It was a project of

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and acted as a prototype for further semi-autonomous residential areas in Dubai such as

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and The Gardens. Construction for the redevelopment of Jebel Ali village had begun by 2008 and was originally expected to be completed by 2013. The existing villas were to be demolished to give space for new ones. Jebel Ali Village upon completion was planned to include commercial, community, and retail facilities, and the expansion of the existing central park to 12 hectares. However the project was put on hold, because of the

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, which affected Dubai severely. Instead,

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announced in 2013 that the company intended to renovate the existing villas. In 2021, it was announced that the previously isolated Jebel Ali Village was to be transformed to make way for luxury villas. The existing tenants were given a year to move, with eviction notices served on them. There are plans for redevelopment with large villas. United Christian Church of Dubai

Location

To the north are The Gardens and Discovery Gardens. To the east is Al Furjan. To the south is the

Industrial area. The

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and the Ibn Battuta metro station on the Red Line of the

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are close by, to the northwest. St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church and the Dubai Evangelical Church Centre (DECC) are located here, together with other churches and temples, in the

Churches Complex The Churches Complex in Jebel Ali Village, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, is an area for a number of churches and temples of different religious denominations, especially Christian denominations. It is located immediately to south of the Al Muntaz ...

, immediately south of the Al Muntazah residential complex.

References

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