Dubai Zoo
Dubai Zoo was a 1.5-kilometre zoo located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It was the oldest zoo in the Arabian Peninsula. It opened on May 1, 1967 and permanently closed it's doors on November 5, 2017 and it's animals were located to Dubai Safari Park.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Zoo
- Description: zoo in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Also known as: “Hadiqat Dubayy lil Hayawanat” and “Ḩadīqat Dubayy lil Ḩayawānāt”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Jumeirah Baccalaureate School and Iranian Hospital Dubai.
Jumeirah Baccalaureate School
School
Jumeira Baccalaureate School is a private K–12 international school located in the Jumeirah 1 district of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Established in 2010, the school is operated by Taaleem, one of the UAE's largest education providers, which manages 17 schools across the UAE and wider region. Jumeirah Baccalaureate School is situated 500 metres southeast of Dubai Zoo.
Iranian Hospital Dubai
Hospital
The Iranian Hospital is a private non-profit 220 bed general hospital in Dubai located on the Al Wasl Road in Jumeirah. Opened on 14 April 1972, it was built by the Red Lion and Sun Society on land donated by Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum to serve the Iranian community in the United Arab Emirates. Iranian Hospital Dubai is situated 1½ km northeast of Dubai Zoo.
The Green Planet
Zoo
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The Green Planet is an indoor zoo and garden in the City Walk area of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It has over 3,000 plants and animals in its artificial "bio-dome" tropical rainforest including birds, reptiles, and fish. The Green Planet is situated 2 km south of Dubai Zoo.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Al Satwa and Jumeirah.
Al Satwa
Suburb
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Al Satwa or simply Satwa, is a community in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, comprising high-density retail outlets and private residential dwellings. It is situated southwest of Bur Dubai and borders Jumeirah to the north. E 11 forms the southern boundary of Al Satwa.
Jumeirah
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Within Jumeirah you'll find most of the tourist attractions that modern Dubai has to offer. Nonetheless the majority of its territory consists of residential and commercial areas.
Al Wasl
Suburb
Al Wasl is a locality in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The locality is located in western Dubai, between the first and second interchanges of route E 11. Al Wasl is situated 3 km south of Dubai Zoo.
Dubai Zoo
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Dubai Zoo” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “حديقة حيوان دبي”
- Arabic: “حديقة دبي للحيوانات”
- Armenian: “Դուբայի կենդանաբանական այգի”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جنينة حيوانات دبى”
- French: “zoo de Dubaï”
- French: “Zoo de DubaÏ”
- German: “Zoo Dubai”
- Hebrew: “גן החיות של דובאי”
- Italian: “zoo di Dubái”
- Japanese: “ドバイ動物園”
- Lithuanian: “Dubajaus zoologijos sodas”
- Persian: “باغ وحش دبی”
- Persian: “باغوحش دبی”
- Serbian: “Зоолошки врт Дубаи”
- Spanish: “Zoologico de Dubai”
- Spanish: “Zoológico de Dubái”
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