Al Karama, United Arab Emirates

This article is about the planned capital of the UAE. For the district in Dubai, see Al Karama, Dubai.
Al Karama was to be built along the border between the emirates of Abu Dhabi (yellow) and Dubai (brown). The present capital, Abu Dhabi, is in red.

Al Karama (Arabic: ٱلْكَرَامَة, romanized: Al-Karāmah) was a proposed planned city to be built on the border of the emirates of Abu Dhabi and Dubai. It was intended to be the permanent capital of the United Arab Emirates as stated in the Constitution of 1971.[1] The proposed city was never built, and Abu Dhabi became the official capital of the UAE in 1996.

  1. ^ Emirates plus Etihad equals neo-federal UAE. gulfnews. Retrieved on 2011-03-21.