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Encyclopedia > Jebel Ali Free Zone

Jebel Ali Free Zone (JAFZ) is located in the emirate of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. It offers an economic zone with lucrative business and tax incentives to corporations. The Jebel Ali Free Zone is run by the Jebel Ali Free Zone Authority (JAFZA). The JAFZ also caters to the Dubai Port which ranks 13th in the world in terms of container traffic [1]. Generally speaking, an emirate (Arabic imarah, plural imarat) is a territory that is administered by an emir, although in Arabic the term can be generalized to mean any province of a country that is administered by a member of the ruling class. ... Dubai or Dubayy (in Arabic: دبيّ, IPA , generally in English) refers to either one of the seven emirates that make up the United Arab Emirates on the Arabian Peninsula, or that emirates main city, sometimes called Dubai City to distinguish it from the emirate. ... A tax is a compulsory charge or other levy imposed on an individual or a legal entity by a state or a functional equivalent of a state (e. ... The Free Zone is various groups and individuals who practice Scientology beliefs and techniques free from the control of the official Church of Scientology. ...


The Jebel Ali Free Zone also provides warehousing and distribution facilities to international and local corporations. Inside Green Logistics Co. ... Look up distribution in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...


Jebel Ali in fiction

Jebel Ali is a political refuge in the science fiction movie Code 46. Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... Code 46 is a 2003 British film directed by Michael Winterbottom, screenplay by Frank Cottrell Boyce. ...


See also

Dubai or Dubayy (in Arabic: دبيّ, IPA , generally in English) refers to either one of the seven emirates that make up the United Arab Emirates on the Arabian Peninsula, or that emirates main city, sometimes called Dubai City to distinguish it from the emirate. ... Many countries have, or have had at some time, designated areas where companies are taxed very lightly or not at all to encourage development or for some other reason. ... Seaport, a painting by Claude Lorrain, 1638 The Port of Wellington at night. ...

External links

  • Career UAE - Useful web site for the job seekers in Jebel Ali Free Zone/United Arab Emirates
  • http://www.jd.ae/

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Encyclopedia: Jebel ali free zone (629 words)
The Free Zone was therefore built around Jebel Ali Port, the most modern and technologically advanced port in the region--and the largest man-made port in the world.
Jebel Ali is one of the two major terminals operated by Dubai Ports Authority (DPA), one located in Jebel Ali and the other in Dubai City.
Jafza (Jebel Ali Free Zone Authority), which is positioning itself as Dubai Business Hub as part of a new corporate identity, has moved into the next level of diversification with the launch of South Zone, an ambitious project committed to developing specific industry sectors through eight different clusters.
Jebel Ali - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (206 words)
Jebel Ali (جبل علي in Arabic) (also sometime written "Mina Jabal Ali") is a port ("Mina" in Arabic) town, located thirty-five kilometres southwest of the city of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.
Jebel Ali is the world's largest man-made harbour and the biggest port in the Middle East.
It is located 24°N and 55°02'E. The Jebel ali free zone, established in 1985, is the industrial area surrouding the Jebel Ali port.
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