Emirates QUICK FACTS

AREA: The area of the United Arab Emirates is 83,600 sq km (including 180islands - approx.)

CLIMATE:
The sun shines all the year round in the UAE and makes it an ideal summer resort.
Moderate climate is found between:
October and March, days are Sunny and Pleasant (Average Temperature - 26*C). Nights are Cool (Average Temperature - 15*C)
Summer is between :
April and September temperatures peaking at 50*C and high humidity levels. In the Southerly and Northerly winds blow over the UAE with occasional sand storms.

LANGUAGE:
The official language of UAE is Arabic but urdu and English is widely spoken.

CURRENCY:
The currency of UAE is Arab Emirates Dirham (AED) with 100 fills.

POPULATION: The census establishments in Dubai showed that the number of UAE nationals aged 10 years and above was 106,867 (49.8% male, and 50.2% female)

About Emirates UAE Dubai
The United Arab Emirates is a Middle Eastern country which consists of seven states situated at the southeast of the Arabian Sea bordering Oman and Saudi Arabia. The seven states, Often simply call the Emirates has seven states namely Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras al-Khaimah, Sharjah, and Umm al-Quwain.

Though an Arab-Islamic country, you will find the UAE to have one of the most liberal societies among all the other Arab nations and is widely known as a tourists paradise.

The highest federal authority is the Supreme Council of Rulers comprising the absolute rulers of the seven emirates. Decisions reached by the council must have the agreement of at least five members, including Abu Dhabi and Dubai, the two largest members. The council appoints a president to act as head of state. There are no political parties.
The Emirates are bordered to the north by the Gulf and the Musandam Peninsula, to the east by Oman, to the south and west by Saudi Arabia and to the northwest by Qatar. They comprise a federation of seven small former sheikhdoms. Abu Dhabi is the largest emirate, and the remainder Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras al-Khaimah, Sharjah and Umm al Qaiwain are known collectively as the Northern States. The land is mountainous and mostly desert. Abu Dhabi is flat and sandy, and within its boundaries is the Buraimi Oasis. Dubai has a 16km (10-mile) deep-water creek, giving it the popular name of ‘Pearl of the Gulf’. Sharjah has a deep-water port on the Batinah coast at Khor Fakkan, facing the Indian Ocean. Ras al-Khaimah is the fourth emirate in size. Fujairah, one of the three smaller sheikhdoms located on the Batinah coast, has agricultural potential, while Ajman and Umm al Qaiwain were once small coastal fishing villages.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is a country which is rich in oil and natural gas, and has become highly prosperous and rich after gaining direct foreign investment funding in the 1970s. The country has a very high Human Development Index as compared to other Asian countries and is ranked 39th globally.