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Arabian Peninsula. Time zone: UTC+04. Extreme points of the United Arab Emirates. High: Unnamed knoll west of Jabal Bil Ays 1,910 m (6,266 ft) Low: Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman 0 m. Land boundaries: 867 km. Saudi Arabia 457 km. Oman 410 km. Coastline: 1,318 km.
The United Arab Emirates is situated in the Middle East and West Asia, bordering the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf, between Oman and Saudi Arabia; it is at a strategic location along the northern approaches to the Strait of Hormuz, a vital transit point for world crude oil. [2] The UAE lies between 22°50′ and 26° north latitude and ...
United Arab Emirates portal. The United Arab Emirates[c] (UAE), or simply the Emirates, [d] is a country in West Asia, in the Middle East, at the eastern end of the Arabian Peninsula. It is a federal, elective monarchy composed of seven emirates, with Abu Dhabi as its capital. [13]
The Persian Gulf borders the western coast of the emirate. Dubai is positioned at 25.2697°N 55.3095°E and covers an area of 1,588 sq mi (4,110 km 2), which represents a significant expansion beyond its initial 1,500 sq mi (3,900 km 2) designation due to land reclamation from the sea. [citation needed] Dubai lies directly within the Arabian ...
Satellite view of the Arabian Peninsula. The Arabian Peninsula [1] (/ ə ˈ r eɪ b i ə n ... /; Arabic: شِبْهُ الْجَزِيرَة الْعَرَبِيَّة, shibhu l-jazīra l-ʿarabiyya, "Arabian Peninsula" or جَزِيرَةُ الْعَرَب, jazīratu l-ʿarab, "Island of the Arabs"), [2] or Arabia, is a peninsula in West Asia, situated northeast of Africa on the Arabian Plate.
Dubai, the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates Map of the United Arab Emirates. The table below shows a list of every city in the UAE with a population of at least 10,000, listed in descending order.
The Arab states of the Persian Gulf or the Arab Gulf states (Arabic: دول الخليج العربي) [1] refers to a group of Arab states bordering the Persian Gulf. There are seven member states of the Arab League in the region: Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. [2][3][4] Yemen is bound to the ...
Populations. 72,000 (Umm Al Quwain) – 4,177,059 (Dubai) Areas. 260 km 2 (100 sq mi) (Ajman) – 67,000 km 2 (26,000 sq mi) (Abu Dhabi) Government. Emirate government. Subdivisions. Regions, Municipalities, Counties. The United Arab Emirates consists of seven emirates (Arabic: إمارات ʾimārāt; singular: إمارة ʾimārah), which ...