Country Chooser Country InformationUnited Arab Emirates Standards
Road Traffic:right side
Electricity:
Voltage:220V*
Frequency:50 Hz
Plug types:C, D, G,
Geography
Bordering countries:
Location:
Middle East, bordering the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf, between Oman and Saudi Arabia
Area:
total: 82,880 sq km
land: 82,880 sq km
water: 0 sq km
Climate:
desert; cooler in eastern mountains
Terrain:
flat, barren coastal plain merging into rolling sand dunes of vast desert wasteland; mountains in east
Economy
GDP: $111.3 billion (2005 est.)
GDP growth rate: 6.7% (2005 est.)
GDP per capita: $43,400 (2005 est.)
Inflation rate: 10.5% (2005 est.)
Currency: Emirati dirham (AED)
Exchange rates:
note: officially pegged to the US dollar since February 2002
People
Population: 2,602,713 (July 2006 est.)
Growth rate: 1.52% (2006 est.)
Religions:
Muslim 96% (Shi'a 16%), Christian, Hindu, and other 4%
Languages:
Arabic (official), Persian, English, Hindi, Urdu
Government
Capital:
name: Abu Dhabi
time difference: UTC+4 (9 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
Independence:
2 December 1971 (from UK)
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