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By Matt Rosenberg, About.com Guide to Geography

The World in Dubai

Thursday April 7, 2005
A major island building project called "The World" is being constructed off the coast of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It's a collection of 300 small private islands of varying sizes for individual development. The islands together form a large map of the world so one could buy the island called Spain, Mongolia, or Somalia and have the island in the appropriate location with respect to the other islands. Check it out.

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