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United Arab Emirates

Facts & Figures
• Area: 32,278 square miles

• Capital: Abu Dhabi

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• Ethnicity: Emirati 19%, other Arab and Iranian 23%, South Asian 50%, other expatriates
(includes Westerners and East Asians) 8%

• Location: Middle East, bordering the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf, between Oman
and Saudi Arabia

• Geography: Made up of seven districts known as emirates, the United Arab Emirates (or
U.A.E.) is primarily desert or semi-desert, except along the coastline. On the Persian Gulf
side of the coast are salt pans and few natural harbors, like the port at Abu Dhabi. On the
Gulf of Oman side, the Western Al Hajar Mountains forma crescent between the coast and
the inland desert sands.

• Population: 5,779,760

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Buddhist; less than 5% of the population consists of Parsi, Baha’i, Druze, Sikh, Ahmadi,
Ismaili, Dawoodi Bohra Muslim, and Jewish)

• Time Zone: the country is on the Gulf time Zone, 7 hours ahead of U.S. EST. When it is
6am in Washington D.C., it is 1pm in Dubai.

National Holidays: United Arab Emirates

In addition to the holidays listed below, please visit www.timeanddate.com/
United Arab Emirates celebrates a number holidays.
of national holidays that follow a lunar
01/01 New Year’s Day
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you will be traveling during these holidays, 12/02 National Day

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