Al Muraqqabat sometimes spelled Al Muraqabat, is a locality in Dubai

Dubai

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, United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates

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 (UAE). Located in the heart of eastern Dubai in Deira

Deira, Dubai

Deira is an area in the city of Dubai, United Arab Emirates bordered by the Persian Gulf, Sharjah and Dubai Creek. Historically, it has been the center of Dubai, but has been losing its importance during the past few decades due to recent development along E 11 road and areas further down the...

, Al Muraqqabat is bordered by the localities of Al Rigga

Al Rigga

Al Rigga or Al Riqqa is a locality in Dubai, United Arab Emirates . Located in the heart of eastern Dubai in Deira, Al Rigga is a residential and commercial centre...

, Al Muteena

Al Muteena

Al Muteena is a locality in Dubai, United Arab Emirates . It is located in eastern Dubai, in the heart of Deira. Al Muteena is bordered in the north by Al Baraha, in the south by Al Muraqqabat, in the west by Naif and in the east by Hor Al Anz....

 and Al Khabisi

Al Khabisi

Al Khabisi is a locality in Dubai, United Arab Emirates . Al Khabisi is located in eastern Dubai in the region of Deira. The community borders Hor Al Anz to the north, Dubai International Airport to the south, Al Muraqqabat to the west and Al Twar to the east.It is bounded in the north by route...

.

Although a predominantly residential area, Al Muraqqabat also has many shopping mall

Shopping mall

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s, hotels and restaurants. As a residential area, Al Muraqqabat has the third-highest population density in the city of Dubai (after Ayil Nasir

Ayil Nasir

Ayal Nasir is a locality in Dubai, United Arab Emirates . Ayal Nasir is located in the heart of Deira in eastern Dubai. Ayal Nasir is bordered to the east by Al Dhagaya, the west by Al Murar, the south by Naif and to the north by the Deira Corniche....

 and Naif

Naif

Naif is a locality in Deira side of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It is a commercial and residential locality. Considering the nearby localities, Naif is larger in size. It is one of the oldest localities. The residents of this locality are mainly South Asians....

). The locality is bounded to the north by route D 88 (Omar bin Khattab Road) and to the south by route E 11 (Abu Baker Al Siddique Road). Al Muraqqabat Road divides the locality into two sub-sections, the western flank of which is primarily residential, while the eastern flank is more commercial, with banks, hotels and restaurants located in it.

Fish Roundabout, located at the northwestern periphery of Al Muraqqabat is an important landmark in Deira. Additionally, other landmarks in the locality include Al Ghurair

Al Ghurair

Al Ghurair is a diversified industrial group based in Dubai and focuses on Foods, Resources, Construction, Properties; and additionally within Energy, Printing & Publishing, Retail and Education.-Foods:Al Ghurair Foods entered the foods industry sector in 1976 through the...

 City, Hamarain Centre, Warba Centre, JW Marriott

JW Marriott Hotels

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, Al Muraqqabat Police Station, the head offices of Mashreq Bank and Al Futtaim

Al-Futtaim Group

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, Marks & Spencer

Marks & Spencer

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 and Toys 'R' Us.

Like many parts of Deira, Al Muraqqabat is a primarily South Asia

South Asia

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n community. The locality follows a grid plan

Grid plan

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, with even-numbered streets running northwest-southeast through the locality, starting with 2nd Street, near route D 80

D 80 road

The D 80 is a road passing in Al Muraqqabat, Al Muteena and Al Khabisi in Dubai Emirate, United Arab Emirates...

 (Salahuddin Road) and ending with 30 Road (Al Rigga Road). Odd numbered streets run perpendicular to even-numbered streets in a southwest-northeast direction, beginning with 1st Street in the northern periphery of the locality (near Fish Roundabout), and ending with 45th Street (near Hamarain Centre and route D 78). Al Rigga

Al Rigga

Al Rigga or Al Riqqa is a locality in Dubai, United Arab Emirates . Located in the heart of eastern Dubai in Deira, Al Rigga is a residential and commercial centre...

 is a twin locality of Al Muraqqabat as the grid system of local roads from Al Muraqqabat continues to progress into Al Rigga. Both Al Muraqqabat and Al Rigga are important centres of entertainment and shopping during the Dubai Shopping Festival

Dubai Shopping Festival

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 (DSF). Al Rigga Road, which separates Al Rigga from Al Muraqqabat, typically hosts Planet Pepsi, an entertainment park, during DSF.