| Official
Name : |
ALIMARAT AL-ARABIYAH ALMUTTAHIDIDAH (United Arab Emirates) |
| Total
Area: |
83,600 square kilometres |
| Population: |
5.15 million (2011 estimate) |
| Languages: |
Arabic (official), Farsi, Urdu, English, others. |
| Religions: |
Sunni 85% (Maliki and Hanbali/Wahhabis). Ibadi Shi'ite 10%. |
| Capital: |
Abu Dhabi (Abu Zabi). Population 84% of total population. |
| Currency: |
Emirates dirham, divided into 100 cents. |
| Independant: |
United Arab Emirates is one of the oldest in the world. |
| Political: |
The seven emirates of Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Ajman, Fujairah, Ras al Khaimah, Sharjah and Umm al-Qaiwain form the United Arab Emirates. Governed by a Supreme Council of Rulers that include the seven sheiks, who are heriditary emirs and absolute monarchs in their own emirates. Top positions are rotated and there are no political parties. |
| Flag: |
The Persian Gulf coast is marked by salt marshlands (sabkha) merging inland with a barren and infertile desert plain, then to rolling sand dunes of a vast desert wasteland. The emirate of Al Fujairah fronts the Gulf of Oman and contains the only highland area. Less than 0.2% of the land is considered arable.
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