UAE

8 Neighborhoods In Dubai Have Been Renamed

8 neighborhoods in Dubai have been renamed by the Dubai Land Department. Some of the city’s busiest residential areas including Arabian Ranches, Emirates Hills, Motor City and Sports City are on the list. One of the biggest changes, however, is the Dubai stretch of Sheikh Zayed Road which is now named after the world’s tallest building, Burj Khalifa.

Sports City will now be known as Al Hebiah Fourth while Motor City is now Al Hebiah First, Arabian Ranches is now Wadi Al Asafa 6, Emirates Hills to Al Thanyah, and Festival City is now Al Kheeran.

Here’s the full list of neighborhoods with their new names:

Area Code	Old Name	New Name
284	Al Khawaneej Third	Al Ttay
384	Al Medhmar	Al Thanyah Second
321	Al Mina	Madinat Dubai Al Melaheyah
383	Al Safouh Third	Al Thanyah First
312	Al Suq Al Kabeer (Dubai)	Al Souq Al Kabeer
531	Dubai Industrial City First	Saih Shuaib 2
532	Dubai Industrial City Second	Saih Shuaib 3
533	Dubai Industrial City Third	Said Shuaib 4
393	Emirates Hills First	Al Thanyah Fifth
388	Emirates Hills Second	Al Thanyah Third
394	Emirates Hills Third	Al Thanyah Fourth
412	Festival City Second	Al Kheeran
683	Golf City	Al Hebiah Fifth
599	Jabal Ali Industrial	Jabal Ali Industrial First
591	Jebel Ali Village	Jabal Ali First
681	Jumairah Village First	Al Barsha South Fourth
684	Jumairah Village Second	Al Barsha South Fifth
674	Motor City	Al Hebiah First
664	Ranches	Wadi Al Asafa 6
345	Sheikh Zayed Road	Burj Khalifa
682	Sport City	Al Hebiah Fourth
675	Sport City First	Al Hebiah Second
911	UM NAHED 1	Madinat Hind 1
912	UM NAHED 2	Madinat Hind 2
913	UM NAHED 3	Madinat Hind 3
914	UM NAHED 4, Al Yufrah 2, Al Yufrah 3	Madinat Hind 4
340	Al Goze Second Ghadeer	Al Tair
513	Esalel	Madinat Latifa

Dubai had recently announced a new mechanism for naming roads. The first phase of the initiative saw roads in Al Khawaneej 2 area given names inspired by local trees and flowers. Al Ghaf Street was named after one of the most popular species of trees found locally. Likewise, other streets in the area received names such as Al Sidr, Basil, Al Faggy, Al Samr and Al Sharish.

Urooj Kamran