GeoPointe - United Arab Emirates

Official Name: United Arab Emirates
Location: Middle East, bordering the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf, between Oman and Saudi Arabia.
Capital: Abu Dhabi

Area:	total: 82,880 sq km
	land: 82,880 sq km
	water: 0 sq km

Lowest point: Persian Gulf 0 m
Highest point: Jabal Yibir 1,527 m

Dubai Creek Looking Across To Deira., Dubai, United Arab Emirates

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Population: 4,444,011 (July 2007 est.) Nationality: Emirati(s) Ethnic groups: Emirati 19%, other Arab and Iranian 23%, South Asian 50%, other expatriates (includes Westerners and East Asians) 8%. Religions: Muslim 96% (Shi'a 16%), Christian, Hindu, and other 4%. Languages: Arabic (official), Persian, English, Hindi, Urdu.

Desert. Cooler in the eastern mountains.

Government type: Federation with specified powers delegated to the UAE federal government and other powers reserved to member emirates.
Independence: 2 December 1971 (from the United Kingdom).
National holiday: Independence Day, 2 December (1971).