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| Country Name |
Conventional Long Form: United Arab Emirates
Local Long Form (Arabic): Dawlat Al Imarat Al Arabiyya Al Muttahidah
Local Short Form (Arabic): Al Imarat
Abbreviation: UAE
Arabic Words: دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة |
| Emirates |
Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm al-Qaiwain, Ras al-Khaimah and Fujairah |
| Capital |
Abu Dhabi |
| National Day |
Independence Day (from UK), 2 December (1971) |
| President |
HH Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan (3 November 2004) |
| Vice-President & Prime Minister |
HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (5 January 2006) |
| Political System |
A federation with specific areas of authority constitutionally assigned to the UAE Federal Government and other powers reserved for member emirates |
| Constitution |
Adopted provisionally on 2 December 1971, made permanent in 1996 |
| Area |
83,600 square kilometers |
| Time |
UAE Standard Time is 4 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT+4) |
| Daylight Saving Time |
UAE Time does not operate Daylight-Saving Time |
| International Dialing Code |
+971 |
| Currency |
Emirati Dirham (Dh or AED), divided into 100 Fils |
| Exchange Rate |
US$ 1 = AED 3.6725
The UAE Dirham has been officially pegged to the US dollar since February 2002 |
| Language |
The official language is Arabic. English is widely understood and ranks alongside Arabic as the language of commerce |
| Religion |
Islam. Practice of all religious beliefs is allowed |
| Population |
4.106 million (December, 2005) |
| GDP |
AED 485.5 billion (2005, Current Prices) |
| Real GDP Growth |
8.2% (2005) |
| Non-Oil Sector Contribution to Nominal GDP |
64% (2005) |
| Foreign Direct Investment |
US$10 billion (2005) |
| Industries |
Oil & Gas, Aluminum, Cement, Fertilizers, Commercial Ship Repair, Petrochemicals,
Construction Materials, Pharmaceuticals, Tourism |
| Oil Production |
2.8 million barrels per day |
| Oil Proven Reserves |
98.1 billion barrels |
| Natural Gas Production |
65 billion cubic meters |
| Natural Gas Proven Reserves |
6 trillion cubic meters |
| Fiscal Year |
1 January to 31 December |
| Weekend |
Friday and Saturday for government institutions. Many private companies operate a six-day week (with Friday as an off day) |
| Exports |
AED 424 billion (2005) |
| Free-Zone Exports |
AED 63.9 billion (2005) |
| Re-Exports |
AED 139.5 billion (2005) |
| Imports |
AED 261.2 billion (2005) |
| Cultivated Areas |
260,000 hectares, 3.1% of total territory |
| Number of Date Palms |
Over 40 million |
| Agriculture & Fisheries Products |
Dates, Green Fodder, Vegetables and Fruit; Livestock, Poultry, Eggs, Dairy Products; Fish |
| Estimated Fisheries Catch |
97,574 tons |
| Flag |
Three equal horizontal bands of green (top), white, and black with a wider vertical red band on the hoist side
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