United Arab Emirates Country Info - Asia

Description and Basic Information

United Arab Emirates with its capital Abu Dhabi is located in Asia (Middle East, bordering the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf). It covers some 82,881 square kilometres (slightly smaller than Maine) with 4,621,000 citizens. Arabic, Persian, English, Hindi and Urdu are the languages used by people in United Arab Emirates (consider regional differences). It is charing borders with Saudi Arabia and Oman.

The United Arab Emirates is a federation of seven emirates on the eastern side of the Arabian peninsula, at the entrance to the Persian Gulf. It has coastlines on the Persian Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf, with Saudi Arabia to the west and southwest, and Oman to the southeast and also on the eastern tip of the Musandam Peninsula as well as an Omani enclave within its borders. It is a country rich in history and culture and an easy starting point for travels in the Middle East.

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About United Arab Emirates

The terrain offers flat, barren coastal plain merging into rolling sand dunes of vast desert wasteland having mountains in east. The average density of population is about 55 per km². The climate in United Arab Emirates can be described as desert with cooler in eastern mountains. Possible natural disasters include frequent sand and dust storms.

To reach someone in United Arab Emirates dial +971 prior to a number. There are 1,561,000 installed telephones. And there are 10,672,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 900 Mhz. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".ae". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 220V - 50Hz. The following list are the 7 regions/states in United Arab Emirates we know off.

Demographic Statistics

In the year 2010, the total population grew at a rate of 3.56% (or by 177,181 citizens). With 10,349 deaths and 79,510 babies born, the natural increase rate lies at 1.39%. 108,020 persons more in total immigrated to the country than emmigrated.

An overview of age distribution in United Arab Emirates: Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

Based on content from wikitravel.org. The original article can be found here based on the work of these users.
Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.