About Madinat Zayed

Madinat Zayed with 29,095 inhabitants (2005 census) is the largest town and the administrative centre of Al Gharbia, the westernmost and largest region in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. The township was established in 1968 by Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan.[1] The nearby Habshan gas field is an important natural resource.

Madinat Zayed is situated 150 km southeast of the city of Abu Dhabi and 50 km from the coast. The principal road is E45, which connects the town with the E11 in the north and the Liwa Oasis in the south. Another main road leads to Ghayathi.

Madinat Zayed is a small city and is the capital of the western region. It is an hour and a half drive from the main city of Abu Dhabi (150 KM) to the town of Madinat Zayed. You travel west along the coastal highway for about an hour and then turn south and drive another half hour inland. MZ is not far from the southern border of the emirate of Abu Dhabi, along the leading edge of the Rub Al Khali, the world's largest sand desert, which is also the border with Saudi Arabia.  The western region, collectively known as "Al Gharbia" is the ancestral origin of the Emirati people and the traditional culture and heritage is still widely practiced and proudly preserved in this area. Camel racing, horse racing and falcon hunting are popular and competitions are frequent. Traditionally an agricultural and camel farming area, MZ has recently been the site of many large industrial projects and there is rapid growth and expansion occurring in the region. Much of the oil produced by the emirate comes from the western region.

MZ, like most small towns, has all the basic necessities, but lacks the cosmopolitan nightlife, museums and huge malls of the main city. MZ does have the following:

Four to Five hospitals and three medical clinics

Many supermarkets

A small mall with clothing stores, shoe stores, a children's store, miscellaneous specialty stores and a small food court

Western food chain outlets (Popeye's Chicken, Baskin Robbins Ice Cream, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Pizza Hut, KFC)

A fresh fish market and fresh fruit and vegetable market

A 5-star resort hotel (Tilal Liwa Hotel)

Many large, well-maintained public gardens and parks

Madinat Zayed is developing and Developing with Time

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