In pictures: Abu Dhabi's 'power house' village

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  ABU DHABI - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - 07 JUNE 2012 - Cartoon box collector goes around at Bur Hoaz area an old neighbourhood behind Al Wahda mall in Abu Dhabi. Ravindranath K / The National (FOR SUMMER SERIES)

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  A laundary shop shop worker irons clothing in Bur Hoaz.

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  A shisha shop owner waits for customers in the neighbourhood.

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  Early residents of Bur Hoaz named it after an old power plant in the vicinity, the name developing phonetically from the English words “power house�. But today it is hard to tell where that building stood.

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  One of the oldest communities in the city, Bur Hoaz may not appear on maps of today’s Abu Dhabi.

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  The words, Bur Hoaz, however, will be familiar to those who can remember an era when the city was little more than a collection of homes thinly spread out among expanses of desert.

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  A man fixes a bridal dress on a mannequin in a shop showroom.

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  A couple take their child for an evening stroll. Bur Hoaz remains a tiny village, lost amid the metropolis.