|
|
|
General
Detail |
|
| Chief
of State |
President
ZAYID bin Sultan Al Nuhayyan |
| Head
of Government |
Prime
Minister MAKTUM bin Rashid al-Maktum |
| Capital |
Abu
Dhabi |
| 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 |
| Land
boundaries |
total:
867 km
border countries: Oman 410 km, Saudi Arabia 457 km |
| Coastline |
1,318
km |
| Maritime
claims |
contiguous
zone: 24 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the
continental margin
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
territorial sea: 12 nm |
| Time |
GMT
+4 |
| Climate |
Desert;
cooler in eastern mountains. |
| Weather |
Intellicast,
Weather Channel |
| Natural
resources |
Petroleum,
natural gas |
| Land
use |
arable
land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
permanent pastures: 2%
forests and woodland: 0%
other: 98% (approx.) |
| Irrigated
land |
50
sq km (approx.) |
| Natural
hazards |
Frequent
sand and dust storms |
| Environment-current
issues |
Lack
of natural freshwater resources being overcome by
desalination plants; desertification; beach
pollution from oil spills |
| Environment-international
agreements |
party
to: Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered
Species, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Dumping, Ozone
Layer Protection
signed, but not ratified: Biodiversity, Law of the
Sea |
| Population |
2,262,309
(approx.) |
|
| Currency |
1
Emirian dirham (Dh) = 100 fils |
| Population
growth rate |
1.79%
(approx.) |
| Birth
rate |
18.46
births/1,000 population (approx.) |
| Death
rate |
3.01
deaths/1,000 population (approx.) |
| Sex
ratio |
total
population: 1.56 male(s)/female (approx.) |
| Infant
mortality rate |
6.9
deaths/1,000 live births (approx.) |
| Total
fertility rate |
15.5
deaths/1,000 live births (approx.) |
| Literacy |
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write but definition of
literacy not available |
| Agriculture |
Agriculture |
| Religions |
Muslim
96% (Shi'a 16%), Christian, Hindu, and other 4% |
| Nationality |
noun:
Emiri(s)
adjective: Emiri |
| Languages |
Arabic
(official), Persian, English, Hindi, Urdu |
| Country
name |
conventional
long form : United Arab Emirates
conventional short form: none
local long form |
| Data
code |
TC |
| Government
type |
Federation
with specified pwers delegated to the UAE federal
government and other powers reserved to member emirates |
| National
Capital |
Abu
Dhabi |
| Independence |
2
December 1971(from UK) |
| Legal
system |
Federal
court system introduced in 1971; all emirates except
Dubayy (Dubai) and Ras al Khayamah have joined the federal
system; all emirates have secular and Islamic law for
civil, criminal, and high courts |
| Judicial
branch |
Union
Supreme Court, judges appointed by the president |
| Flag
descripton |
Three
equal horizontal bands of green (top), white, and black
with a thicker vertical red band on the hoist side. |
| GDP |
purchasing
power parity- $72.9 billion (approx.) |
| GDP-real
growth rate |
1.4%(approx.) |
| GDP-composition
by sector |
agriculture2%
industry43%
service55%(approx.) |
| Inflation
rate-consumer price index |
5.2%(approx.) |
| Labor
force |
total794,400(approx.)
by occupationindustry and commerce 56%, services 38%,
agriculture 6%(approx.) |
| Budget |
revenues$5.1
billion
expenditures$5.4 billion, including capital expenditure of
$NA (approx.) |
| Industries |
Petroleum,
fishing, petrochemicals, construction materials, some boat
building, handicrafts, pearling |
| Agriculture
- products |
Dates,
vegetables, watermelons; poultry, eggs, dairy products;
fish |
| Exports |
total
value$31.3 billion (f.o.b., approx.)
commoditiescrude oil 66%, natural gas, reexports, dried
fish, dates
partnersJapan 38%, India 6%, South Korea 6%, Singapore 5%,
Iran 4%, Oman 4% (approx.) |
| Imports |
total
value$22.3 billion (c.i.f., approx.)
commoditiesmanufactured goods, machinery and transport
equipment, food
partnersJapan 9%, US 8%, UK 8%, Italy 7%, Germany 7%,
South Korea 5% (approx.) |
| Debt
- external |
$14
billion (approx.) |
| Communications |
The
postal system in the UAE is very modern and the post
offices are among the most efficient in the Gulf. Between
the UAE and Europe or the USA, mail takes about ten days.
To Australia, mail takes about eight to ten days.
There is an excellent telephone system and you can phone
anywhere in the world from the most remote areas.
Throughout the country there are telephone offices which
are equipped to send and receive fax, telex and telegraph
messages.
There are several different services available for calling
the US.
The MCI access number is 800-1-0001.
The Sprint access number is 800-1-0011.
The AT&T access number is 800-1-0010.
The access number for France Direct is 800-1-9971.
To call the UAE from abroad, the country code is 971
followed by the city code and the local number. |
| Telephones |
677,793
(approx.) |
| Telephone
system |
Modern
system consisting of microwave radio relay and coaxial
cable; key centers are Abu Dhabi and Dubai
domestic: microwave radio relay and coaxial cable
international: satellite earth stations-3 Intelsat (1
Atlantic Ocean and 2 Indian Ocean) and 1 Arabsat;
submarine cables to Qatar, Bahrain, India, and Pakistan;
tropospheric scatter to Bahrain; microwave radio relay to
Saudi Arabia |
| Radio
broadcast stations |
AM
8, FM 3, shortwave 0 |
| Radios |
545,000
(approx.) |
| Television
broadcast stations |
15(approx.) |
| Televisions |
170,000
(approx.) |
| Transportation |
|
| Highways |
total4,750
km |
| Merchant
marine |
total
60 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,128,495 GRT/1,955,344
DWT
ships by typebulk 3, cargo 18, chemical tanker 3,
container 6, liquefied gas tanker 1, livestock carrier 1,
oil tanker 22, refrigerated cargo 1, roll-on/roll-off
cargo 5 (approx.) |
| Pipelines |
Crude
oil 830 km; natural gas, including natural gas liquids,
870 km |
| Ports
and harbors |
'Ajman,
Al Fujayrah, Das Island, Khawr Fakkan, Mina' Jabal 'Ali,
Mina' Khalid, Mina' Rashid, Mina' Saqr, Mina' Zayid, Umm
al Qaywayn |
| Transnational
Issues |
|
| Disputes
- international |
Location
and status of boundary with Saudi Arabia is not final, de
facto boundary reflects 1974 agreement; no defined
boundary with most of Oman, but Administrative Line in far
north; claims two islands in the Persian Gulf occupied by
Iran: Lesser Tunb (called Tunb as Sughra in Arabic by UAE
and Jazireh-ye Tonb-e Kuchek in Persian by Iran) and
Greater Tunb (called Tunb al Kubra in Arabic by UAE and
Jazireh-ye Tonb-e Bozorg in Persian by Iran); claims
island in the Persian Gulf jointly administered with Iran
(called Abu Musa in Arabic by UAE and Jazireh-ye Abu Musa
in Persian by Iran) - over which Iran has taken steps to
exert unilateral control since 1992, including access
restrictions and a military build-up on the island; the
UAE has garnered significant diplomatic support in the
region in protesting these Iranian actions. |
| Illicit
drugs |
Growing
role as heroin transshipment and money-laundering center
due to its proximity to southwest Asian producing
countries and the bustling free trade zone in Dubai. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
General Section
