02/26/2011 General information about UAE
Country name:
conventional long form: United Arab Emirates
conventional short form: none
local long form: Al Imarat al Arabiyah al Muttahidah
local short form: none former: Trucial Oman, Trucial States
abbreviation: UAE
Government type: federation with specified powers delegated to the UAE federal government and other powers reserved to member emirates
Capital: Abu Dhabi
geographic coordinates: 24 28 N, 54 22 E
time difference: UTC+4 (9 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
Administrative divisions: 7 emirates (imarat, singular - imarah); Abu Zaby (Abu Dhabi), Ajman, Al Fujayrah, Ash Shariqah (Sharjah), Dubayy (Dubai), Ra's al Khaymah, Umm al Qaywayn (Quwain)
Independence: 2 December 1971 (from the UK)
National holiday: Independence Day, 2 December (1971)
Constitution: 2 December 1971; made permanent in 1996
Legal system: based on a dual system of sharia and civil courts; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Geographic coordinates: 24 00 N, 54 00 E
Area: total: 83,600 sq km
Land boundaries: total: 867 km border countries: Oman 410 km, Saudi Arabia 457 km Coastline: 1,318 km
Natural resources: petroleum, natural gas
Irrigated land: 760 sq km (2003)
Total renewable water resources: 0.2 cu km (1997)
Population: 4,975,593 country comparison to the world: 114
Age structure: 0-14 years: 20.4% (male 500,928/female 478,388) 15-64 years: 78.7% (male 2,768,030/female 1,008,404) 65 years and over: 0.9% (male 27,601/female 15,140) note: 73.9% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (2010 est.)
Median age: total: 30.2 years male: 32.1 years female: 24.8 years (2010 est.)
Population growth rate: 3.561% (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 4
Birth rate: 15.98 births/1,000 population (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 129
Death rate: 2.08 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 225
Net migration rate: 21.71 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 1
Urbanization: urban population: 78% of total population (2008) rate of urbanization: 2.9% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)
Airports: 41 (2010) country comparison to the world: 103
Airports - with paved runways: total: 25 over 3,047 m: 12 2,438 to 3,047 m: 3 1,524 to 2,437 m: 4 914 to 1,523 m: 4 under 914 m: 2 (2010)
Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 16 over 3,047 m: 1 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 4 914 to 1,523 m: 5 under 914 m: 5 (2010)
Roadways: total: 4,080 km country comparison to the world: 156 paved: 4,080 km (includes 253 km of expressways) (2008)
Merchant marine: total: 57 country comparison to the world: 68 by type: bulk carrier 4, cargo 9, chemical tanker 7, container 7, liquefied gas 1, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 24, roll on/roll off 4 foreign-owned: 13 (Greece 3, Kuwait 10) registered in other countries: 278 (Bahamas 27, Belize 5, Cambodia 2, Comoros 11, Cyprus 5, Georgia 1, Gibraltar 5, Hong Kong 2, India 4, Iran 1, Jordan 7, Liberia 27, Malta 1, Marshall Islands 17, Mexico 1, Netherlands 4, North Korea 6, Panama 83, Papua New Guinea 6, Philippines 1, Saint Kitts and Nevis 17, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 4, Saudi Arabia 6, Sierra Leone 6, Singapore 10, Tanzania 1, Togo 1, UK 9, Vanuatu 1, unknown 7) (2010)
Ports and terminals: Al Fujayrah, Mina' Jabal 'Ali (Dubai), Khawr Fakkan (Khor Fakkan, Mubarraz Island, Mina' Rashid (Dubai), Mina' Saqr (Ra's al Khaymah).
Ports and terminals: Augusta, Cagliari, Genoa, Livorno, Santa Panagia (Melilli), Taranto, Trieste, Veni