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# Makani

> A Makani number is the unique 10-digit code Dubai Municipality assigns to every building entrance, used as a precise address for navigation and services.

Also known as: Makani number, مكاني.

## What Makani means for a buyer

Dubai grew faster than its street addressing, and for years directions relied on landmarks. Makani, Arabic for "my location", is Dubai Municipality's answer: a 10-digit number identifying each entrance of every building in the emirate, accurate to about a metre. The number is displayed on a plate beside the entrance, and typing it into the Makani app or a mapping service takes you to that door.

A large building has several Makani numbers, one for each entrance, including car park and service entrances. Villas have one at the gate.

Owners and tenants meet it in everyday administration. Government and utility forms ask for it, couriers and delivery apps use it, and emergency services can be dispatched to it. It may also appear on tenancy and community paperwork.

What it is not: Makani is an addressing tool, not a legal identifier of your property. Ownership is recorded by the [Dubai Land Department](https://www.uaepropertyagents.com/glossary/dld) using the plot number, building and unit number shown on the [title deed](https://www.uaepropertyagents.com/glossary/title-deed) or [Oqood](https://www.uaepropertyagents.com/glossary/oqood) certificate, and utilities are tied to a separate [DEWA](https://www.uaepropertyagents.com/glossary/dewa) premise number. A Makani number will not tell you who owns a property or whether a listing is authorised; use [Dubai REST](https://www.uaepropertyagents.com/glossary/dubai-rest) and the [Trakheesi](https://www.uaepropertyagents.com/glossary/trakheesi) permit for that.

When viewing or buying remotely, the Makani number is a reliable way to confirm on a map exactly which building, and which side of it, you are being shown.

## Related terms

- [DEWA](https://www.uaepropertyagents.com/glossary/dewa): DEWA is Dubai's state-controlled electricity and water utility; every home needs an active DEWA account in the name of the owner or the tenant.
- [Title deed](https://www.uaepropertyagents.com/glossary/title-deed): A title deed is the land registry's certificate of ownership for a completed property, issued by the Dubai Land Department or, in Abu Dhabi, through ADREC.
- [Dubai REST](https://www.uaepropertyagents.com/glossary/dubai-rest): Dubai REST is the Dubai Land Department's official app for checking ownership records, brokers and projects and for completing property services online.


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