THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

العربية اإلمارات دولةالمتحدة

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EMBLEM

GEOGRAPHY OF THE UAE

Coastline 1,318 km (819 miles)Bordering countries Saudi Arabia, and

Oman

The landscape of Sir Bani Yas Island

A view of the desert landscape on the outskirts of Dubai

The mountainous region in the north

Acacia trees growing in desert suburbs near Fujairah

POLITICAL DIVISIONS

GOVERNMENT

Current President of the United

Arab Emirates, Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan

NATIONAL SYMBOLS OF THE UAEFlag Flag of United Arab

EmiratesAnthem Ishy BiladyAnimal Arabian HorseBird Peregrine FalconFlower Tribulus OmanenseTree Ghaf treesDairy Camel MilkBeverage Arabic CoffeeSport Camel racingDress Khandura

DEMOGRAPHICSHistorical populations

Year Population ±%1963 95,000 —1968 180,226 +89.7%1975 557,887 +209.5%1980 1,042,099 +86.8%1985 1,379,303 +32.4%1995 2,411,041 +74.8%1999 2,938,000 +21.9%2005 4,106,427 +39.8%2010 8,264,070 +101.2%

EDUCATIONLiteracy Rate

Year Rate1989 53.5%2000 79%2003 77.9%2009 98.8%

ECONOMY

CULTURE

A traditional souk in Deira, Dubai

Dishes forming part of the Emirati cuisine:

Machboos Harees

Lukaimat Batheeth Khamir

Al-Madrooba Al-Saloona (Curry)

Fareed Al-Khabeesah

Al-Khanfaroosh Raqaq (flat)

Al Jabab Bread