Which Asian capital is home to Qasr Al Watan presidential palace?

Qasr Al Watan, the United Arab Emirates’ presidential palace, is in Abu Dhabi.

The palace stands in Abu Dhabi and functions as a venue for official state business rather than as a private royal residence. It hosts political meetings, diplomatic receptions, meetings of the UAE’s federal cabinet, and gatherings of the country’s Supreme Council. Its name means “Palace of the Nation” in Arabic.

Construction was completed in 2017. For its first years, Qasr Al Watan was used primarily for official purposes and visiting dignitaries. It opened to the public on 11 March 2019, allowing visitors to tour selected ceremonial and cultural spaces while the palace continued its governmental role.

The main mix-up is with presidential or royal residences elsewhere in the Gulf. Qasr Al Watan is in Abu Dhabi, the federal capital of the UAE—not Dubai, Muscat, Riyadh, or Doha. Abu Dhabi is also the capital of the emirate bearing the same name and the seat of the UAE’s federal institutions.