Hor Al Anz Dubai is a residential locality in Deira, in the older northwestern part of the city, split into two boroughs: Hor Al Anz and Hor Al Anz East. It sits at 25.277°N, 55.336°E, and its nearest metro station is an 8 to 10 minute drive rather than a walk.
It is one of the cheapest places to rent inside Dubai proper, and the reasons for that are worth understanding before signing anything.
Where Hor Al Anz Dubai is
The locality belongs to Deira and the northwestern sector of Dubai, sharing that sector with Abu Hail and Al Baraha. Everything around it is old Dubai rather than the towers people picture: low-rise apartment blocks, villas, shopfronts at street level, and a road grid laid out long before the Sheikh Zayed Road corridor existed.
The two boroughs matter when you are searching listings. Hor Al Anz and Hor Al Anz East are administered as separate areas, and an address in one is not interchangeable with the other, which is why “Hor Al Anz East” turns up as its own search.
The name comes from a horse
Hor Al Anz is named after Al Anz, a horse belonging to Sheikh Saeed bin Maktoum, a former ruler of Dubai, according to the locality’s reference record.
That is the whole answer to what the place is known for, and it is the one thing none of the property portals ranking for this locality will tell you. They cover rents and commute times, which are useful, and skip the part a resident is most likely to be asked about by a visitor. The Arabic spelling is هور العنز.
Who lives there
The population was recorded at 40,302 in the 2000 census, which is the most recent figure carried in the reference record and is now a quarter of a century old. Treat it as an order of magnitude rather than a current count.
The community is largely Pakistani and Bangladeshi expatriates, drawn by rents that undercut most of the city. Housing runs from apartments in older mid-rise blocks to villas with three to five bedrooms, and there is a commercial layer as well: small shops and offices let out of buildings mixed among the residential ones.
Parking tells you the age of the stock. Villas have their own garages, while apartments in the older buildings have no allocated bay at all, so residents park on the street. In a district built before car ownership reached today’s levels, that is the practical daily constraint.
The metro question, answered honestly
| Connection | Distance |
|---|---|
| Hor Al Anz Street Bus Station | 8 to 9 minutes on foot |
| Hor Al Anz, Turnoff 1 Bus Stop | 9 to 10 minutes on foot |
| Al Qiyadah Metro Station | 8 to 10 minutes by car |
| Al Mamzar Beach Park | 13 to 14 minutes by car |
Those distances are as listed by PropertyFinder. Read the right-hand column carefully, because the distinction there is the one that gets glossed over. The bus stops are walkable. The metro is not.
Al Qiyadah sits on the Green Line, and the listings that describe Hor Al Anz as well connected to the metro are quoting a driving time without saying so. For a daily commuter that means a taxi or a bus leg at both ends of a metro journey, every day, which is a different proposition from living two streets from a station. If the metro is central to how you get to work, price that in before the rent tempts you. The Dubai Metro map shows where Al Qiyadah sits relative to the rest of the network.
Is it a good place to live?
It suits someone who wants the lowest rent available inside the city and does not need a metro station at the door. Deira puts you close to the creek, the souks and the airport, and Al Mamzar Beach Park is a quarter of an hour away by car.
It suits people less if they want new-build finishes, an allocated parking bay, or a walkable rail commute. Nothing about the area is hidden; it is simply older and cheaper, and the trade is the one you would expect.
Common questions
Is Hor Al Anz an expensive place to live?
No. It is one of the more affordable residential areas in Dubai, which is the main reason people move there. Rents sit below the city-wide average across apartment sizes, and the housing stock is older accordingly.
What is the nearest metro station to Hor Al Anz?
Al Qiyadah, on the Green Line, roughly 8 to 10 minutes away by car. No metro station is within comfortable walking distance of the locality, though two bus stops are.
Where exactly is Hor Al Anz Dubai located?
In Deira, in the northwestern sector of Dubai, at 25.277°N, 55.336°E. It borders Abu Hail and Al Baraha and is split into Hor Al Anz and Hor Al Anz East.
What is Hor Al Anz known for?
Two things: affordable rent in an old-Dubai setting, and its name, which honours a horse owned by Sheikh Saeed bin Maktoum.
