VERBACARD GEOGRAPHY — ASIA
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UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
United Arab Emirates
AE · ARE
FEDERATION FORMED 1971
HOME OF THE WORLD'S TALLEST BUILDING
POPULATION
11.0M
AREA
83,600 km²
CAPITAL
Abu Dhabi
CURRENCY
AED
GDP / CAPITA
$52,000
TERRITORY
HIGHEST POINT
Jabal Yibir, 1,527 m
LOWEST POINT
Persian Gulf, 0 m
COASTLINE
1,318 km
LAND BORDERS
1,066 km, 2 countries
TERRAIN
Flat, barren desert plain along the coast, giving way to mountains in the east.
POSITION
CAPITAL COORDINATES
24.47°N, 54.37°E
TIME ZONE
GST, UTC+4 — no daylight saving
NEIGHBORS
Oman
Saudi Arabia
GOVERNMENT & SOCIETY
GOVERNMENT
Federal absolute monarchy (7 emirates)
RELIGION
Islam, ~76% (state religion)
LIFE EXPECTANCY
79 years
HDI
0.940 — Very high (rank 13)
LANGUAGES
ArabicOFFICIAL
ECONOMY
KEY INDUSTRIES
Petroleum & natural gas
Aluminum smelting
Financial services
Tourism
Logistics
TOP EXPORTS
Crude petroleum
Refined petroleum
Gold
Machinery (re-export)
TOP IMPORTS
Machinery
Gold
Motor vehicles
LAND USE
Agricultural, 5%
Forest, 0%
Desert / other, 95%
POPULATION, 1970–2024
0.25M
1970
1.02M
1980
1.87M
1990
3.15M
2000
8.55M
2010
9.28M
2020
10.1M
2024
SOURCES: WORLD BANK · CIA WORLD FACTBOOK · NATURAL EARTH · ISO 4217
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