Name: | United Arab Emirates |
Local name (Arabic): | ﺓﺪﺤﺘﻤﻟﺍ ﺔﻴﺑﺮﻌﻟﺍ ﺕﺍﺭﺎﻣﻻﺍ |
Former name: | Trucial Oman (ﺓﺪﻫﺎﻌﻤﻟﺍ ﻥﺎﻤﻋ) - until 1971 |
Bordering countries: | Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Oman |
Status: | sovereign state |
Surface: | 82.9 ths. sq. km |
Population (2003): | 2 485 ths. |
Capital: | Abu Dhabi (ﻲﺒﻇ ﻮﺑﺍ) |
Official language: | Arabic |
Administrative divisions: | 7 emirates |