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The list of museums in the United Arab Emirates includes some of regional repute, most famously Sharjah with its Heritage District containing 17 museums, [310] which in 1998 was the Cultural Capital of the Arab World. [311] In Dubai, the area of Al Quoz has attracted a number of art galleries as well as museums such as the Salsali Private ...
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 ...
The capitals are shown in bold. The population numbers are of the cities, and not the emirates, often with the same name. There is also an additional list of the rest of the populated settlements in the UAE under 10,000 (not listed in descending order). [1] [2]
See the ISO 3166-3 standard for former country codes. British Virgin Islands – See Virgin Islands (British). Burma – See Myanmar. Cape Verde – See Cabo Verde. Caribbean Netherlands – See Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba. China, The Republic of – See Taiwan (Province of China). Democratic People's Republic of Korea – See Korea, The ...
ISO 3166-1. ISO 3166-1 (Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions – Part 1: Country codes) is a standard defining codes for the names of countries, dependent territories, and special areas of geographical interest. It is the first part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for ...
The United Arab Emirates is: a country; Location: Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere; Eurasia. Asia. Southwest Asia; Middle 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 ...
Expo 2020 was a World Expo hosted by Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, from 1 October 2021 to 31 March 2022. Originally scheduled for 20 October 2020 to 10 April 2021, it was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Arab Emirates. [106] Despite being postponed, organizers kept the name Expo 2020 for marketing and branding purposes ...
The United Arab Emirates (UAE), or simply the Emirates, 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. It shares land borders with Oman to the east and northwest, and with Saudi Arabia to the southwest; as ...