PALM JUMEIRAH AS PALM-TREE-SHAPED ARCHIPELAGO

The Palm Jumeirah is an archipelago of artificial islands on the Persian Gulf in Jumeirah, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It is part of a larger series of developments called the Palm Islands, including Palm Jebel Ali and the Dubai Islands, which, when completed, will together increase Dubai's shoreline by a total of 520 kilometres (320 mi). It has a population of over 25,000 as of 2022. Palm Jumeirah is a massive, man-made archipelago in Dubai shaped like a date palm tree, constructed between 2001 and 2009 using 94 million cubic meters of dredged sand and 5.5 million cubic meters of rock. The structure consists of a 2 km trunk, a crown with 17 fronds, and a surrounding 11 km crescent breakwater.