Umm Al Sheif is a locality in Dubai

Dubai

Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi...

, United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates

The United Arab Emirates, abbreviated as the UAE, or shortened to "the Emirates", is a state situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman, and Saudi Arabia, and sharing sea borders with Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and Iran.The UAE is a...

 (UAE). Umm Al Sheif is a small, residential locality in western Dubai. It is bordered to the north by Umm Suqeim

Umm Suqeim

Umm Suqeim is a locality in Dubai, United Arab Emirates . Umm Suqeim is located in western Dubai, along the Jumeirah Beach coastline. It is bordered to the north by Jumeirah, to the south by Al Sufouh, and to the west by Al Safa, Al Manara and Umm Al Sheif.Umm Suqeim comprises three...

, the northeast by Al Manara

Al Manara, Dubai

Al Manara is a locality in Dubai, United Arab Emirates . Located in western Dubai, Al Manara is bordered to the north by Umm Suqeim, the east and south by Al Quoz and the west by Umm Al Sheif. Al Manara, literally meaning The Beacon, is a developing residential community and houses many affluent...

, the south by Al Barsha

Al Barsha

Al Barsha is a collection of sub-communities in Dubai, United Arab Emirates . Al Barsha is one of the newer residential developments, and is located in west Dubai, south of Al Sufouh. Al Barsha is bounded by E 11 and E 311...

 and Al Quoz

Al Quoz

Al Quoz , or Al Goze, is a locality in Dubai, United Arab Emirates . Al Quoz is located in western Dubai. It is bordered to the north by Al Wasl and to the west by Umm Al Sheif, Al Manara and Al Safa...

 and the west by Al Sufouh

Al Sufouh

Al Sufouh is a locality in Dubai, United Arab Emirates . Located in western Dubai, Al Sufouh contains many new real estate developments and is home to several free economic clusters such as Dubai Knowledge Village and Dubai Internet City...

. It is bounded to the north by route D 92 (Al Wasl Road) and to the south by route E 11 (Sheikh Zayed Road). A local road (Al Thaniya Road) separates Umm Al Sheif from Al Manara.

Umm Al Sheif is a developing, affluent residential community with villa

Villa

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s and town houses. The local road system primarily conforms to the grid plan

Grid plan

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, however, residential communities are divided typically into lots. Even-numbered roads run northeast-southwest, while odd-numbered roads sun northwest-southeast. The Emirates International School is located in Umm Al Sheif.