Unitit Arab Emirates

The seiven states, cried emirates, are Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras al-Khaimah, Sharjah an Umm al-Quwain.

Unitit Arab Emirates دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة Dawlat al-ʾImārāt al-ʿArabiyyah al-Muttaḥidah
Banner Emblem
Anthem: "Ishy Bilady" "Long Live My Nation"
Location o the Unitit Arab Emirates on the Arabian Peninsula.
Caipital	Abu Dhabi 24°28′N 54°22′E / 24.467°N 54.367°E / 24.467; 54.367
Lairgest ceety	Dubai
Offeecial leids	Arabic
Other leids	Inglis · Persie · Hindi · Urdu
Ethnic groups (2009)	16.6% Emirati (citizenry) 23% other Arabs 42.3% Sooth Asiea 12.1% ither Asieb 6.0% ither expatriates
Demonym(s)	Emirati
Govrenment	Federal presidential Monarchy De jure Non-partisan democracy
• Preses	Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan
• Prime Meenister	Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Legislatur	Federal Naitional Cooncil
Unthirldom
• frae the Unitit Kinrick	2 December 1971
Aurie
• Total	83,600 km2 (32,300 sq mi) (114t)
• Water (%)	negligible
Population
• 2013 estimate	9,205,651 (93rd)
• 2005 census	4,106,427
• Density	99/km2 (256.4/sq mi) (110t)
GDP (PPP)	2013 estimate
• Total	$269.815 billion (49t)
• Per capita	$29,176 (32nt)
GDP (nominal)	2013 estimate
• Tot	$389.994 billion (29t)
• Per capita	$43,185 (19t)
Gini (2008)	36 medium
HDI (2013)	0.827 verra heich · 40t
Currency	UAE dirham (AED)
Time zone	UTC+4 (GST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+4 (nae observed)
Date format	dd/mm/yyyy
Drivin side	right
Cawin code	+971
ISO 3166 code	AE
Internet TLD	.ae امارات.
Predominantly Indian, Pakistani an Bangladeshi fowk. Predominantly Cheenese, Filipino, Thai, Iranian, Sooth Korean an Afghani (Pashtun) fowk. Seiven emirates an ane advisory body. The kintra's exact size is unkent acause o disputit claims tae several islands in the Persie Gulf, the lack o precise information on the size o mony o these islands an that maist o its laund boundaries, especially those wi Saudi Arabie, remain un-demarcatit.
Unitit Arab Emirates portal

The UAE, rich in ile an naitural gas, haes acome heichlie prosperous efter gainin foreign direct investment fundin in the 1970s. The kintra haes a relatively hich Human Development Index for the Asian continent, rankin 31st globally, an haed a GDP purchasin pouer parity o $200.5 billion in 2009 accordin tae the IMF.

Afore 1971, the UAE wis kent as the Trucial States or Trucial Oman, in reference tae a nineteent-century truce atween Britain an several Arab Sheikhs. The name Pirate Coast wis an aa uised in reference tae the airt's emirates in the 18t tae airly 20t century.