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The 200 dirham denomination has since been reissued and is now in circulation since late May 2008 – it has been reissued in a different colour; Yellow/Brown to replace the older Green/Brown. [5] On 22 March 2008, The Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates released a Dhs 50 note. The security thread was a 3-mm wide, colour-shifting windowed ...
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. [ 14 ] It shares land borders with Oman to the east and northwest, and with Saudi Arabia to ...
Silver dirham issued in 1002 by Hisham II, Caliph of Córdoba. The dirham, dirhem or drahm (Arabic: درهم) is a unit of currency and of mass. It is the name of the currencies of Morocco, the United Arab Emirates and Armenia, and is the name of a currency subdivision in Jordan, Qatar and Tajikistan. It was historically a silver coin.
The e-Dirham is a payment tool introduced by the government of the United Arab Emirates with the aim of facilitating the collection of revenues of governmental and non-governmental service fees in a safe and secure way. The e-Dirham was initially intended for use by the UAE federal government, but it was later used by the local governments of ...
Buddhism (3.2%) Agnosticism (1.3%) Others (1.9%) Islam is the majority and official religion in the United Arab Emirates, professed by 74.5% of the population as of 2020. 63.3% are Sunni, 6.7% are Shia, while 4.4% follow another branch of Islam. [1] The Al Nahyan and Al Maktoum ruling families adhere to the Maliki school of jurisprudence.
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 ...
The culture of the United Arab Emirates is part of the culture of Eastern Arabia. [1] Its historical population was a small tribal community that changed with the arrival of an influx of foreign nationals in the mid-20th century. [2] Emirati culture is a blend of Arabian, Islamic, and Persian cultures, with influences from the cultures of East ...
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.