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Dubai [a] is the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates and the capital of the Emirate of Dubai, the most populous of the country's seven emirates. [5] [6] [7] As of 2024, the city has a population of around 3.79 million, [8] more than 90% of which are expatriates.
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Light blue with the flag of the United Kingdom in the upper hoist-side quadrant; the outer half of the flag represents a map of the country with nine yellow, five-pointed stars on a blue field. [837] [838] [519] [839]
Map Flag [3] Emirate Arabic name Date joined the UAE Capital Area (km 2) [4] Area (sq mi) Abu Dhabi: أبو ظبي ʾAbū dhabī: 2 December 1971: Abu Dhabi: 67,340 26,000 Ajman: عجمان ʿAjmān: 2 December 1971: Ajman: 259 100 Dubai: دبي Dubai: 2 December 1971: Dubai: 4,114 1,590 Fujairah: الفجيرة Al-Fujayrah: 2 December 1971 ...
The French Society of Vexillology is the authority on the flying of flags in France and maintains the only official register of flags for the country. [1] It was established in 1985 and as part of the Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques operates under the authority of the Minister of Higher Education, Research and Innovation .
The Emirates Towers (the tallest two buildings on the right) Exhibition at the Dubai Community Theatre & Arts Centre (DUCTAC) Golden Horses by South African sculptor Danie de Jager [] Men wearing the kandurah and the traditional ghotrah, held in place by an egal Al Fursan, the aerobatic demonstration team of the United Arab Emirates Air Force display at the 2013 Dubai Airshow SLS AMG Desert ...
The location of the United Arab Emirates An enlargeable relief map of the United Arab Emirates The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the United Arab Emirates: United Arab Emirates – sovereign federation of seven states located southeast of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula in Southwest Asia ...
Historic photo depicting the first hoisting of the United Arab Emirates flag by the rulers of the emirates at the Union House in Dubai on 2 December 1971. By 1966, it had become clear that the British government could no longer afford to administer and protect the Trucial States, what is now the United Arab Emirates.