Jumeirah

{{See also|History of the United Arab Emirates|List of Ancient Settlements in the UAE}}

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Archaeological excavations at Jumeirah Archaeological Site,{{cite news |last1=Al Amir |first1=Khitam |last2=Cherian |first2=Dona |title=Look: Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid visits Jumeirah Archaeological Site |newspaper=Gulf News |url=https://gulfnews.com/photos/news/look-sheikh-mohammed-bin-rashid-visits-jumeirah-archaeological-site-1.1578572067190?slide=1 |date=2020-01-09 |access-date=2020-01-12}}{{cite news |newspaper=Emirates 24/7 |title=Mohammed bin Rashid visits Jumeirah Archaeological Site |url=https://www.emirates247.com/news/emirates/mohammed-bin-rashid-visits-jumeirah-archaeological-site-2020-01-09-1.691377 |date=2020-01-09 |access-date=2020-01-12}}{{cite news |newspaper=The National |title='Happy and proud' Ruler of Dubai meets archaeologists at Jumeirah dig site |url=https://www.thenational.ae/uae/heritage/happy-and-proud-ruler-of-dubai-meets-archaeologists-at-jumeirah-dig-site-1.962097 |date=2020-01-09 |access-date=2020-01-12}} which was discovered in 1969, demonstrate that the area was inhabited as far back as the Abbasid era, approximately in the 10th century CE. Measuring about {{cvt|80,000|m2}}, the site lay along a caravan route linking India and China to Oman and Iraq.

Historically, Emirati people living in Jumeirah were fishermen, pearl divers and traders. At the turn of the 20th century, it was a village of some 45 areesh (palm leaf) huts, inhabited mainly by settled Bedouin of the Bani Yas and Manasir tribes. At the time, Jumeirah was 'about 3 miles southwest of Dibai town'.{{Cite book|title=Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf Vol II|last=Lorimer|first=John|publisher=British Government, Bombay|year=1915|pages=454}}

In modern times (1960 onwards), Jumeirah was the principal area for western expatriate residences. The beachfront area was previously called "Chicago Beach",Krane, Jim City of Gold: Dubai and the Dream of Capitalism, page 103, St. Martin's Press (September 15, 2009) as the site of the former Chicago Beach Hotel.{{Cite web|url=http://www.dubaiasitusedtobe.com/pagesnew/ChicagoBeachDubai.shtm|title=Chicago Beach Dubai|website=www.dubaiasitusedtobe.com|access-date=2016-06-11}} The locale's peculiar name had its origins in the Chicago Bridge & Iron Company which at one time welded giant floating oil storage tankers called "Kazzans" on the site. The old name persisted for a time after the old hotel was demolished in 1997. "Dubai Chicago Beach Hotel" was the Public Project Name for the construction phase of the Burj Al Arab Hotel until Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum announced the new name: Burj Al Arab.

The Theatre of Digital Art (ToDA) opened in 2020 at Souk Madinat in Jumeirah as an exhibition space for digital art.{{cite web| url=https://www.visitdubai.com/en/places-to-visit/theatre-of-digital-art | title=Theatre of Digital Art | website=visitdubai.com | publisher=Visit Dubai | accessdate=18 April 2022 }}

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• Jumeirah Beach
• Jumeirah Beach Hotel
• Jumeira Baccalaureate School
• Palm Jumeirah
• Jumeirah Mosque
• City Walk

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;Archaeological site

• [http://www.dubaiculture.ae/en/CulturalVenues/HistoricLandmark/AllVenues/Pages/Jumeirah-Archaeological-Site.aspx#.UpBcVyfG4hE Jumeirah Archaeological Site], Dubai Culture & Arts Authority
• [http://www.lonelyplanet.com/united-arab-emirates/dubai/sights/historic/jumeirah-archaeological-site#ixzz3jkNzbypP Lonelyplanet website]

;Majlis Ghorfat Umm Al-Sheif

• [http://www.dubaiculture.ae/en/CulturalVenues/HistoricLandmark/AllVenues/Pages/Majlis-Ghorfat-Umm-Al-Sheif.aspx#.UpFaZCfG4hE Majlis Ghorfat Umm Al Sheif], Dubai Culture & Arts Authority

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