Mussafah
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History
Musaffah was a small industrial area in the 1970s. A 1980 MEED report described it as "a maze of roads and half-completed buildings" where industrial operations principally comprised workshops, service and maintenance facilities. The report stated that a pipe plant proposal in the area had strong local backing.[5] Growth was facilitated by the building of the 480 metres (1,570 ft) Musaffah Bridge,[2] a six-lane bridge which was built between 1976 and 1978, connecting the island of Abu Dhabi to the main land, following investment by the Korean company Dongah. An engineering assessment of the bridge in 1994 revealed that the concrete in the bridge was not sustainable and was beyond repair.[1] As a result, the bridge underwent much restoration work in the 1990s, and generating new interest in developing Musaffah as an industrial centre. In 1996, the Abu Dhabi Seaports Authority announced a Dh2.4 billion development plan of the area, including the building of a new port in Musaffah.[6] In 1998, many medium-rise buildings, mostly for offices, were proposed, and a local police station was built.[7]
The government began offering incentives to businesses to operate in Musaffah, offering them zone services including exemption from customs on imported good, land, and industrial licenses.[8] Musaffah is now the site for the "Abu Dhabi Industrial City", a special economic zone.[9] As a result, the economic development of the area boomed in the 2000s, facilitated by its own port on the northern side.[8] Hydrocarbons-intensive industries have been one of the major areas of growth.[8] By January 2009, about 30% of the land in the Polymer Park vicinity had been let out. It was estimated that by 2012, the area would be about 60% utilised, exceeding $27 million in investment.[8] A Bonar Emirates Technical Yarns factory, run by both ADBIC and Low & Bonar in conjunction, was established in April 2008 and manufactures industrial grass yarn.[8]
Abu Dhabi Drilling Chemicals and Products Ltd (ADDCAP), a fully owned subsidiary of
In 2011,
Geography
Musaffah is located in the
88 towers exist on either side of the 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) section of highway between the Musaffah Bridge and the highway interchange for the industrial estate.[13] The bridge has two identical components which comprise, in addition to a carriageway, a foot-way 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) in width.[2] Musaffah's aesthetic qualities have been criticised by many.[14][15] One author said that the "semi-industrial areas like Musaffah have morphed into grimy shanty-towns for thousands. The cramped, dirty quarters are hot, pungent and a long way from the smart, iridescent blocks of the city."[14]
The port facility provides for cargo operations and warehousing for a wide range of clients.[16] A new tunnel of 280 m (920 ft) length links the airport with Musaffah.[17] The Musaffah Channel is a man-made canal,[18] with gypsum crystals described as large and bladed.[19] The banks at the eastern end of the Musaffah Channel reportedly have "Pleistocene reworked dune deposits, unconformably overlain by Holocene carbonates and sabkha evaporates."[20][18] The channel's inner reaches are situated approximately 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) inland from the location of the present-day lagoon. The port has a 342 metres (1,122 ft) long main quay and two 40 metres (130 ft) long side quays and covers an area of 37,500 square metres (404,000 sq ft). The depth of draft is 11 metres (36 ft) at the port and is linked with the new Musaffah Channel (a channel dredged 9 metres (30 ft) below the datum) which is about 53 kilometres (33 mi) in length.[16][21]
Municipal administration
The municipal administration area of Musaffah has a population of about 151,000 and its jurisdiction includes Musaffah Industrial Area, northern coastal zone, labour camps, commercial centre of Khalifa, new industrial centre, residential and commercial areas of Mohammed Bin Zayed, also residential areas of Khalifa City.[22]
Houthi attacks on Mussafah
In January 2022, a group of
See also
References
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- ^ a b "Abu Dhabi Region Bus Services", Department of Transport, Government of Abu Dhabi, archived from the original on 2019-04-02, retrieved 2019-03-22
- ^ MEED =- MIDDLE EAST ECONOMIC DIGEST. Weekly news, analysis and forescast. 1980. p. 35. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
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- ^ "Abu Dhabi completes Dh1.5b Musaffah Channel project", Khaleej Times, February 2, 2011. Accessed April 3, 2013.
- ^ Ghaith Abdul-Ahad, "We need slaves to build monuments", The Guardian, October 8, 2008. Accessed January 17, 2009.
- ^ MEED. Economic East Economic Digest, Limited. October 2007. p. 44.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-4447-5854-2.
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- ^ a b "About Musaffah Port". Abu Dhabi Terminals. Retrieved 5 June 2013.[permanent dead link]
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- ^ "Al Musaffah Center". Municipal Administration. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ^ "Satellite Photos Show Aftermath of Abu Dhabi Oil Site Attack". Bloomberg.com. 18 January 2022.