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Flag of the United Arab Emirates
Capital: Abu Dhabi 22°47′N 54°37′E Official language: Arabic
Government: Constitutional monarchy
President: Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahayan

Prime Minister: Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Establishment: December 2, 1971

Area :
- Total 83,600 km² (116th) 32,278 sq mi
- Water (%) negligible

Population :
- 2005 estimate 4,496,000 (116th)
- 2005 census 4,104,695 [2]
- Density 54/km² (143rd) 139/sq mi

GDP (PPP) 2006 estimate :
- Total $111.3 billion (59th)
- Per capita $27,957 (23rd)

HDI (2003): 0.849 (high) (41st)

Currency: Dirham (AED)

Time zone: GMT (UTC+4)

Internet TLD: .ae

Calling code: +971

The United Arab Emirates (also the UAE or the Emirates) is a Middle Eastern country situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Southwest Asia on the Persian Gulf , comprising seven emirates: Abu Dhabi , Ajmān , Dubai , Fujairah , Ras al-Khaimah, Sharjah, and Umm al-Quwain. Before 1971, they were known as the Trucial States or Trucial Oman , in reference of a nineteenth-century truce between Britain and several Arab Sheikhs. It borders Oman and Saudi Arabia . The country is rich in oil.