Emarati group

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Group name:: Emarati
Category:: Countries & Regional
Admin:: altamimy
Created:: 5 February, 2010

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Country Name Conventional Long Form: United Arab Emirates
Local Long Form (Arabic): Dawlat Al Imarat Al Arabiyya Al Muttahidah
Local Short Form (Arabic): Al ImaratAbbreviation: UAE
Arabic Words: دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة‎

Emirates Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm al-Qaiwain, Ras al-Khaimah and Fujairah

Capital Abu Dhabi National Day Independence Day: 2 December (1971)

[i]President HH Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan[/i]

Vice-President & Prime Minister HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Flag Three equal horizontal bands of green (top), white, and black with a wider vertical red band on the hoist side

Political System A federation with specific areas of authority constitutionally assigned to the UAE Federal Government and other powers reserved for member emirates

Area 83,600 square kilometers

Time UAE Standard Time is 4 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT+4)

International Dialing Code +971 Currency Emirati Dirham (Dh or AED), divided into 100 Fils Exchange Rate US$ 1 = AED 3.6725

The UAE Dirham has been officially pegged to the US dollar since February 2002 Language

The official language is Arabic. English is widely understood and ranks alongside Arabic as the language of commerce

Religion Islam. Practice of all religious beliefs is allowed Population 4.106 million (December, 2005)

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