The Gardens is a neighbourhood in the

Jebel Ali Jebel Ali ( ar, جبل علي) is a port town south-west of Dubai. The Jebel Ali Port is located there. Al Maktoum International Airport has been constructed just outside the port area. Jebel Ali is connected to Dubai via the UAE Exchange (fo ...

district of

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History

The Gardens community is in the northeast part of the

Jebel Ali Village Jebel Ali Village (JAV) is a neighbourhood in Jebel Ali, southern Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Now it is a redevelopment by Nakheel Properties of the existing Jebel Ali Village. History The original Jebel Ali Village was constructed in 1977 to pr ...

area. 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 (now

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to the south), port (now the

Port of Jebel Ali Port of Jebel Ali, also known as Mina Jebel Ali ( ar, ميناء جبل علي), is a deep port located in Jebel Ali, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Jebel Ali is the world's ninth busiest port, the largest man-made harbour, and the biggest and by f ...

), and township (now

). The area was effectively a small British-style garden city and a project of

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. In later development by

Nakheel Properties Nakheel Properties ( ar, نَـخٍـيْـل, nakhīl, palm tree) is a property developer based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The formal name of the company is Nakheel PJSC (private joint stock company) and it was a subsidiary of Dubai World a ...

, the first residents moved into properties in The Gardens during August 2001, with space for 10,000 residents in landscaped grounds.

Location

The location is served by The Gardens metro station, a

Dubai Metro The Dubai Metro is a rapid transit rail network in the city of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It is currently operated by the French company Keolis. The Red Line and Green Line are operational, with a major 15 km (9.3 mi) extension to the Red L ...

station on the

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branch of the Red Line for

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One of the Buildings in The Gardens Community, Dubai

There are around 286 houses and 129 low-rise apartment buildings. It lies between

Discovery Gardens Discovery Gardens ( ar, ديسكفري جاردنز) is a neighbourhood in the Jebel Ali district of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. History Discovery Gardens forms the northern part of the Jebel Ali Village area. The original Jebel Ali Village was ...

to the northeast, the main

area to the south, and

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to the northwest.

Ibn Battuta Mall The Ibn Battuta Mall is a large shopping mall on the Sheikh Zayed Road in Dubai, UAE, close to Interchange 6 for Jebel Ali Village. Overview Having around 275 shops, 50 restaurants, and over 4,500 parking spaces on a total of , Ibn Battuta is the ...

is a large themed

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immediately adjacent to the northwest of The Garden, with its own

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The Winchester School and the Dubai branch of the Delhi Private School are located on the southwest side of the neighbourhood. The Gardens

Cricket Ground Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

is also located here. The Omar Bin Abdul Aziz Mosque is on the edge of The Gardens to the north.

Fox Foxes are small to medium-sized, omnivorous mammals belonging to several genera of the family Canidae. They have a flattened skull, upright, triangular ears, a pointed, slightly upturned snout, and a long bushy tail (or ''brush''). Twelve sp ...

es have been found in the area.

References

https://dubaiclean.com/

External links

* 2001 establishments in the United Arab Emirates Communities in Dubai Nakheel Properties {{UAE-geo-stub

History

Location

See also

References

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