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is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the United Arab Emirates: The

United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia (The Middle East). It is located at th ...

(UAE) is a

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of seven states located southeast of the

Persian Gulf The Persian Gulf ( fa, خلیج فارس, translit=xalij-e fârs, lit=Gulf of Persis, Fars, ), sometimes called the ( ar, اَلْخَلِيْجُ ٱلْعَرَبِيُّ, Al-Khalīj al-ˁArabī), is a Mediterranean sea (oceanography), me ...

on the

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in Southwest Asia, bordering

Oman Oman ( ; ar, عُمَان ' ), officially the Sultanate of Oman ( ar, سلْطنةُ عُمان ), is an Arabian country located in southwestern Asia. It is situated on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, and spans the mouth of t ...

and

Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about , making it the fifth-largest country in Asia, the second-largest in the A ...

. The seven states, termed emirates, are

Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi (, ; ar, أَبُو ظَبْيٍ ' ) is the capital and second-most populous city (after Dubai) of the United Arab Emirates. It is also the capital of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and the centre of the Abu Dhabi Metropolitan Area. ...

Ajman Ajman ( ar, عجمان, '; Gulf Arabic: عيمان ʿymān) is the capital of the emirate of Ajman in the United Arab Emirates. It is the fifth-largest city in UAE after Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and Al Ain. Located along the Persian Gulf, it is ...

Dubai Dubai (, ; ar, دبي, translit=Dubayy, , ) is the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the capital of the Emirate of Dubai, the most populated of the 7 emirates of the United Arab Emirates.The Government and Politics of ...

Fujairah Fujairah City ( ar, الفجيرة) is the capital of the emirate of Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates. It is the seventh-largest city in UAE, located on the Gulf of Oman (part of the Indian Ocean). It is the only Emirati capital city on the ...

Ras al-Khaimah Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) ( ar, رَأْس ٱلْخَيْمَة, historically Julfar) is the largest city and capital of the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates. It is the sixth-largest city in UAE after Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Al Ain ...

Sharjah Sharjah (; ar, ٱلشَّارقَة ', Gulf Arabic: ''aš-Šārja'') is the third-most populous city in the United Arab Emirates, after Dubai and Abu Dhabi, forming part of the Dubai-Sharjah-Ajman metropolitan area. Sharjah is the capital o ...

, and

Umm al-Quwain Umm Al Quwain is the capital and largest city of the Emirate of Umm Al Quwain in the United Arab Emirates. The city is located on the peninsula of Khor Al Bidiyah, with the nearest major cities being Sharjah to the southwest and Ras Al Khaimah ...

. The UAE, rich in oil and

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, has become highly prosperous after gaining

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funding in the 1970s. The country has a relatively high

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for the

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n continent and ranked 39th globally. Before 1971, the UAE were known as the Trucial States or Trucial Oman, in reference to a nineteenth-century truce between Britain and several Arab

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s. The name Pirate Coast was also used in reference to the area's emirates in the eighteenth to early twentieth century.Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition; XXI:188; II:255 (1911)

General reference

* Common English country name: The

* Official English country name: The

* Historic endonym: Maganite (ancient); Trucial Coaster (medieval) * Common

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(s): * Official endonym(s): * Adjectival(s): Emirati, Emirian *

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(s): *

Etymology Etymology ()The New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998) – p. 633 "Etymology /ˌɛtɪˈmɒlədʒi/ the study of the class in words and the way their meanings have changed throughout time". is the study of the history of the Phonological chan ...

: Name of the United Arab Emirates * International rankings of the United Arab Emirates * ISO country codes: AE, ARE, 784 * ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:AE *

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.ae .ae is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) in the Domain Name System of the Internet for the United Arab Emirates. It is administered by .aeDA which is part of the Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority of UAE (TDR ...

Geography of the United Arab Emirates

Geography of the United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates is situated in the Middle East and southwest Asia, bordering the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf, between Oman and Saudi Arabia; it is at a strategic location along the northern approaches to the Strait of Hormuz, a ...

* The United Arab Emirates is: a

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**** Southwest Asia **

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: UTC+04 ** Extreme points of the United Arab Emirates *** High: Unnamed knoll west of Jabal Bil Ays *** Low:

and

Gulf of Oman The Gulf of Oman or Sea of Oman ( ar, خليج عمان ''khalīj ʿumān''; fa, دریای عمان ''daryâ-ye omân''), also known as Gulf of Makran or Sea of Makran ( ar, خلیج مکران ''khalīj makrān''; fa, دریای مکرا� ...

0 m ** Land boundaries: 867 km :: 457 km :: 410 km :* Coastline: 1,318 km * Population of the United Arab Emirates: * Area of the United Arab Emirates: * Atlas of the United Arab Emirates

Environment of the United Arab Emirates

Satellite image of United Arab Emirates in October

* Climate of the United Arab Emirates *

Renewable energy in the United Arab Emirates A renewable resource, also known as a flow resource, is a natural resource which will replenish to replace the portion resource depletion, depleted by usage and consumption, either through natural reproduction or other recurring processes in a ...

* Geology of the United Arab Emirates *

Protected areas of the United Arab Emirates Protection is any measure taken to guard a thing against damage caused by outside forces. Protection can be provided to physical objects, including organisms, to systems, and to intangible things like civil and political rights. Although th ...

** Biosphere reserves in the United Arab Emirates **

National parks of the United Arab Emirates National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, ce ...

Wildlife of the United Arab Emirates An Arabian oryx in Dubai Desert Conservation Reserve ">Dubai_Desert_Conservation_Reserve.html" ;"title="Arabian oryx in Dubai Desert Conservation Reserve">Arabian oryx in Dubai Desert Conservation Reserve The wildlife of the United Arab Emirate ...

Fauna of the United Arab Emirates An Dubai_Desert_Conservation_Reserve.html" ;"title="Arabian oryx in Dubai Desert Conservation Reserve">Arabian oryx in Dubai Desert Conservation Reserve The wildlife of the United Arab Emirates is the flora and fauna of the country on the Easte ...

*** Birds of the United Arab Emirates *** Mammals of the United Arab Emirates

Natural geographic features of the United Arab Emirates

* Glaciers of the United Arab Emirates *

Islands of the United Arab Emirates An island or isle is a piece of subcontinental land completely surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island in a river or a lake island may be calle ...

Lakes of the United Arab Emirates A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much large ...

* Mountains of the United Arab Emirates ** Volcanoes in the United Arab Emirates *

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** Waterfalls of the United Arab Emirates * Valleys of the United Arab Emirates * World Heritage Sites in the United Arab Emirates: None

Regions of the United Arab Emirates

Ecoregions of the United Arab Emirates

List of ecoregions in the United Arab Emirates * Ecoregions in the United Arab Emirates

Administrative divisions of the United Arab Emirates

Emirates of the United Arab Emirates *

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Demography of the United Arab Emirates

Demographics of the United Arab Emirates

Government and politics of the United Arab Emirates

Politics of the United Arab Emirates Politics of the United Arab Emirates take place in a framework of a federal presidential elective constitutional monarchy (a federation of absolute monarchies). The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is a federation of seven constituent monarchies: the ...

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of the United Arab Emirates:

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* Political parties in the United Arab Emirates *

Taxation in the United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates is a federation of seven Emirates, with autonomous federal and local governments. An income tax decree has been enacted by each Emirate, but in practice, the enforcement of these decrees is restricted to foreign banks and o ...

Branches of the government of the United Arab Emirates

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Executive branch of the government of the United Arab Emirates

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President of the United Arab Emirates The president of the United Arab Emirates, or the Raʾīs ( ar, رَئِيْس), is the head of state of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The president and vice-president are elected every five years by the Federal Supreme Council. Though the p ...

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Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates The Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates is the head of government of the Federal government of the United Arab Emirates. While not required by the UAE constitution, the practice is that the ruler of Dubai serve as the prime minister and ...

Cabinet of the United Arab Emirates The Cabinet of the United Arab Emirates, or Council of Ministers ( ar, مجلس الوزراء), is the chief executive body of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) federal government. The Cabinet consists of federal government ministers, and is led b ...

Legislative branch of the government of the United Arab Emirates

* Parliament of the United Arab Emirates (

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: Senate of the United Arab Emirates **

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: House of Commons of the United Arab Emirates

Judicial branch of the government of the United Arab Emirates

Court system of the United Arab Emirates * Supreme Court of the United Arab Emirates

Foreign relations of the United Arab Emirates

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* Diplomatic missions in the United Arab Emirates * Diplomatic missions of the United Arab Emirates

International organization membership

The United Arab Emirates is a member of: *

Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa The Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA) (Banque Arabe pour le Développement Economique en Afrique) (المصرف العربي للتنمية الاقتصادية في أفريقيا) was established pursuant to the resolution o ...

(ABEDA) *

Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development The Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD) is a Kuwait-based pan-Arab development finance institution. All member-states of the Arab League are members of the AFESD. As of 2003, it held around US$7.3 billion in assets. The AFESD ...

(AFESD) * Arab Monetary Fund (AMF) * Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC) *

Food and Agriculture Organization The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)french: link=no, Organisation des Nations unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture; it, Organizzazione delle Nazioni Unite per l'Alimentazione e l'Agricoltura is an intern ...

(FAO) *

Group of 77 The Group of 77 (G77) at the United Nations (UN) is a coalition of 134 developing countries, designed to promote its members' collective economic interests and create an enhanced joint negotiating capacity in the United Nations. There were 77 fou ...

(G77) *

International Atomic Energy Agency The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is an intergovernmental organization that seeks to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy and to inhibit its use for any military purpose, including nuclear weapons. It was established in 1957 ...

(IAEA) *

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) is an international financial institution, established in 1944 and headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States, that is the lending arm of World Bank Group. The IBRD offers l ...

(IBRD) * International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) *

International Civil Aviation Organization The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO, ) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that coordinates the principles and techniques of international air navigation, and fosters the planning and development of international sc ...

(ICAO) *

International Criminal Court The International Criminal Court (ICC or ICCt) is an intergovernmental organization and international tribunal seated in The Hague, Netherlands. It is the first and only permanent international court with jurisdiction to prosecute individuals ...

(ICCt) (signatory) *

International Criminal Police Organization The International Criminal Police Organization (ICPO; french: link=no, Organisation internationale de police criminelle), commonly known as Interpol ( , ), is an international organization that facilitates worldwide police cooperation and cri ...

(Interpol) *

International Development Association The International Development Association (IDA) (french: link=no, Association internationale de développement) is an international financial institution which offers concessional loans and grants to the world's poorest developing countries. Th ...

(IDA) *

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is a worldwide humanitarian aid organization that reaches 160 million people each year through its 192-member National Societies. It acts before, during and after disas ...

(IFRCS) * International Finance Corporation (IFC) *

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(IFAD) *

International Hydrographic Organization The International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) is an intergovernmental organisation representing hydrography. , the IHO comprised 98 Member States. A principal aim of the IHO is to ensure that the world's seas, oceans and navigable waters a ...

(IHO) *

International Labour Organization The International Labour Organization (ILO) is a United Nations agency whose mandate is to advance social and economic justice by setting international labour standards. Founded in October 1919 under the League of Nations, it is the first and o ...

(ILO) *

International Maritime Organization The International Maritime Organization (IMO, French: ''Organisation maritime internationale'') is a specialised agency of the United Nations responsible for regulating shipping. The IMO was established following agreement at a UN conference ...

(IMO) *

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(IMSO) *

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(IMF) *

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(IOC) *

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(ISO) *

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(ICRM) *

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(ITU) *

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(ITSO) *

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(IPU) * Islamic Development Bank (IDB) *

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(LAS) * Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) *

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(NAM) * Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) *

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(OPCW) * Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC) * Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) *

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(UNCTAD) *

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(UNESCO) *

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(UNIDO) *

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(UPU) * World Customs Organization (WCO) *

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(WFTU) *

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(WHO) *

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(WIPO) *

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(WMO) *

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(WTO)

Law and order in the United Arab Emirates

Law of the United Arab Emirates *

Constitution of the United Arab Emirates The Constitution of the United Arab Emirates ( ar, دستور دولة الامارات العربية المتحدة, ) provides a legal and political framework for the operation of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as a federation of seven emirates ...

Crime in the United Arab Emirates The crime rate in the United Arab Emirates is relatively lowUnited Arab Emirates

Human rights in the United Arab Emirates According to human rights organisations, the government of the UAE violates a number of fundamental human rights. The UAE does not have democratically elected institutions and citizens do not have the right to change their government or to form p ...

LGBT rights in the United Arab Emirates Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) persons in the United Arab Emirates face legal challenges not experienced by other residents. Homosexuality is illegal in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Under UAE law same-sex sexual activity is p ...

Freedom of religion in the United Arab Emirates The Constitution of the United Arab Emirates provides for freedom of religion by established customs, and the government generally respects this right in practice; however, there are some restrictions (e.g. attempts to spread Christianity among Mus ...

Law enforcement in the United Arab Emirates Law enforcement is the responsibility of each emirate of the United Arab Emirates; each emirate's police force is responsible for matters within their own borders, but they routinely share information with each other on various areas. The forces ...

Military of the United Arab Emirates

Military of the United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates Armed Forces ( ar, القوات المسلحة لدولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة, Al-Quwwāt al-Musallaḥa li-Dawlat al-ʾImārāt al-ʿArabīyyah al-Muttaḥidah) are the armed forces of the Unit ...

* Command ** Commander-in-chief: *** Ministry of Defence of the United Arab Emirates * Forces ** Army of the United Arab Emirates ** Navy of the United Arab Emirates ** Air Force of the United Arab Emirates ** Special forces of the United Arab Emirates *

Military history of the United Arab Emirates The military history of the United Arab Emirates describes the military history of the United Arab Emirates Armed Forces. Prior to the union of the emirates, different tribal confederations formed the de facto military force which was dominant in t ...

Military ranks of the United Arab Emirates A military, also known collectively as armed forces, is a heavily armed, highly organized force primarily intended for warfare. It is typically authorized and maintained by a sovereign state, with its members identifiable by their distinct ...

Local government in the United Arab Emirates

Local government in the United Arab Emirates Politics of the United Arab Emirates take place in a framework of a federal presidential elective constitutional monarchy (a federation of absolute monarchies). The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is a federation of seven constituent monarchies: the ...

History of the United Arab Emirates

History of the United Arab Emirates Other articles: * Timeline of the history of the United Arab Emirates * Current events of the United Arab Emirates *

National Center for Documentation and Research The National Library And Archives (NLA) is a leading research and archival institution based in Abu Dhabi charged with preserving and documenting the history and heritage of the United Arab Emirates and the Persian Gulf region in general. The NL ...

Culture of the United Arab Emirates

Culture of the United Arab Emirates * Architecture of the United Arab Emirates * Cuisine of the United Arab Emirates * Festivals in the United Arab Emirates *

Languages of the United Arab Emirates This article contains demographic features of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), including population density, vital statistics, immigration and emigration data, ethnicity, education levels, religions practiced, and languages spoken within the UAE. ...

* Media in the United Arab Emirates *

Museums in the United Arab Emirates This is a list of museums in the United Arab Emirates. * Al Ahmadiya School *Al Ain National Museum *Al Eslah School Museum * Al Hisn Fort Museum * Anime Museum * Dubai Museum *Etihad Museum *Fujairah Heritage Village *Fujairah Museum *Guggenh ...

* Music of the United Arab Emirates * National symbols of the United Arab Emirates **

Emblem of the United Arab Emirates The emblem of the United Arab Emirates ( ar, شعار الإمارات العربية المتحدة) was officially adopted on 9 December 1973 (2 years after independence in 1971); it was later modified in 2008. It is similar to the coats of arm ...

** Flag of the United Arab Emirates ** National anthem of the United Arab Emirates * People of the United Arab Emirates * Prostitution in the United Arab Emirates *

Public holidays in the United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates Government announced official holidays for the public and private sectors for the years 2019. The Cabinet granted equal leaves (14 days) sectors. This decision aims to achieve a balance between the two sectors in the number ...

* Records of the United Arab Emirates *

Religion in the United Arab Emirates Islam is both the official and majority religion in the United Arab Emirates, professed by approximately 76% of the population. The Al Nahyan and Al Maktoum ruling families adhere to Sunni Islam of Maliki school of jurisprudence. Many followers ...

** Buddhism in the United Arab Emirates **

Christianity in the United Arab Emirates Christians account for 13 percent of the total population of the United Arab Emirates, according to a ministry report, which collected census data. The government recognises various Christian denominations. Christians are free to worship and wear ...

Hinduism in the United Arab Emirates Hindus are a significant minority in the United Arab Emirates and there are more than 1,239,600 Hindus living in the United Arab Emirates as of 2022, constituting around 30% of the Indian diaspora in the nation. Hinduism is followed mainly by ...

** Islam in the United Arab Emirates **

Judaism in the United Arab Emirates Judaism ( he, ''Yahăḏūṯ'') is an Abrahamic, monotheistic, and ethnic religion comprising the collective religious, cultural, and legal tradition and civilization of the Jewish people. It has its roots as an organized religion in the ...

** Sikhism in the United Arab Emirates * World Heritage Sites in the United Arab Emirates: None

Art in the United Arab Emirates

* Art in the United Arab Emirates *

Cinema of the United Arab Emirates The cinema of the United Arab Emirates began with a number of feature films that were broadcast on national television since the late 1980s. In 2002, Emirates Film Competition was formed which influenced a generation of Emirati filmmakers to exp ...

* Literature of the United Arab Emirates * Music of the United Arab Emirates * Television in the United Arab Emirates *

Theatre in the United Arab Emirates Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The perform ...

Sport in the United Arab Emirates

Sport in the United Arab Emirates * Football in the United Arab Emirates

Economy and infrastructure of the United Arab Emirates

Economy of the United Arab Emirates * Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 37th (thirty-seventh) * Agriculture in the United Arab Emirates * Banking in the United Arab Emirates ** National Bank of the United Arab Emirates *

Communications in the United Arab Emirates Telecommunications in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is under the control and supervision of the Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority which was established under UAE Federal Law by Decree No. 3 of 2003. From 1976 to 2006 ...

Internet in the United Arab Emirates Telecommunications in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is under the control and supervision of the Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority which was established under UAE Federal Law by Decree No. 3 of 2003. From 1976 to 2006 ...

* Companies of the United Arab Emirates * Currency of the United Arab Emirates:

Dirham The dirham, dirhem or dirhm ( ar, درهم) is a silver unit of currency historically and currently used by several Arab and Arab influenced states. The term has also been used as a related unit of mass. Unit of mass The dirham was a un ...

ISO 4217 ISO 4217 is a standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) that defines alpha codes and numeric codes for the representation of currencies and provides information about the relationships between individual cu ...

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Energy in the United Arab Emirates Energy in the United Arab Emirates describes World energy resources and consumption, energy and Electricity generation, electricity production, consumption and import in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). UAE has 7% of global proved oil reserves, ab ...

Energy policy of the United Arab Emirates In physics, energy (from Ancient Greek: wikt:ἐνέργεια#Ancient_Greek, ἐνέργεια, ''enérgeia'', “activity”) is the physical quantity, quantitative physical property, property that is #Energy transfer, transferred to a phy ...

Nuclear power in the United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates is installing nuclear-powered plants to meet their electricity demand, which is estimated to increase from 15 GWe to over 40 GWe in 2020. In December 2009, the USA and UAE signed a Section 123 Agreement for peaceful n ...

** Oil industry in the United Arab Emirates * Health care in the United Arab Emirates * Mining in the United Arab Emirates * United Arab Emirates Stock Exchange *

Tourism in the United Arab Emirates Tourism in the United Arab Emirates is an important component of the Emirati economy, and consists of domestic and international components. In 2018, tourist industry composed over 164.7 billion dirham to country's GDP. The tourist industry of ...

Transport in the United Arab Emirates This article covers the various forms of transport in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), by road, rail, air, water, etc. Roads In the UAE, they drive on the right. In the old days, it was a British protectorate and they used to drive on the left, ...

Airports in the United Arab Emirates This is a list of airports in the United Arab Emirates, sorted by location. Airports in bold have commercial service. Airports See also * Transport in the United Arab Emirates * List of airports by ICAO code: O#OM - United Arab Emirates * Wi ...

Rail transport in the United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates has a very limited rail network. Plans for such a public transportation system only rose to prominence in the late 2000s, and various entities has since developed or are developing the following railways: Urban * Dubai M ...

Roads in the United Arab Emirates A road is a linear way for the conveyance of traffic that mostly has an improved surface for use by vehicles (motorized and non-motorized) and pedestrians. Unlike streets, the main function of roads is transportation. There are many types of ...

Water supply and sanitation in the United Arab Emirates Water (chemical formula ) is an Inorganic compound, inorganic, transparent, tasteless, odorless, and Color of water, nearly colorless chemical substance, which is the main constituent of Earth's hydrosphere and the fluids of all known living ...

Education in the United Arab Emirates

References

External links

Government of United Arab Emirates
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World Intellectual Property Handbook: United Arab Emirates
* Mostovski, M.B. & Brothers, D.J. 2008
Arthropod Fauna of the UAE
Volume 1, Antonius van Harten (editor). ''

African Invertebrates ''African Invertebrates'' is a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal that covers the taxonomy, systematics, biogeography, ecology, conservation, and palaeontology of Afrotropical invertebrates, whether terrestrial, freshwater, or marine. I ...

'' 49 (1): 159–160.
Mafiwasta – An Organisation for Workers' Rights in the UAE
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