United Arab Emirates

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country in Western Asia federal monarchy sovereign state

The United Arab Emirates is a wealthy Gulf nation on the Arabian Peninsula known for its rapid modernization, iconic cities like Dubai and Abu Dhabi, and its large expatriate workforce.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Trucial States 3
UAE 2
United Arab Emirates (for LNA) 1

Statements (62)

Predicate Object
instanceOf country in Western Asia ⓘ
federal monarchy ⓘ
sovereign state ⓘ
borderedBy Oman ⓘ
Saudi Arabia ⓘ
callingCode +971 ⓘ
capital Abu Dhabi ⓘ
climate desert climate ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
currency United Arab Emirates dirham ⓘ
currencyCode AED ⓘ
demographicsFeature large expatriate population ⓘ
drivesOn right ⓘ
emirate Abu Dhabi ⓘ
Ajman ⓘ
Dubai ⓘ
Fujairah ⓘ
Ras Al Khaimah ⓘ
Sharjah ⓘ
Umm Al Quwain ⓘ
governmentType federal absolute monarchy ⓘ
hasCity Abu Dhabi ⓘ
Ajman ⓘ
Dubai ⓘ
Fujairah ⓘ
Ras Al Khaimah ⓘ
Sharjah ⓘ
Umm Al Quwain ⓘ
hasCoastOn Gulf of Oman ⓘ
Persian Gulf ⓘ
hasLandmark Burj Khalifa ⓘ
Palm Jumeirah ⓘ
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque ⓘ
headOfGovernmentTitle Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates ⓘ
headOfStateTitle President of the United Arab Emirates ⓘ
independenceDate 1971-12-02 ⓘ
independenceFrom United Kingdom ⓘ
internetTLD .ae ⓘ
.امارات ⓘ
largestCity Dubai ⓘ
locatedIn Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Persian Gulf states ⓘ
surface form: Gulf region

Middle East ⓘ
majorEconomicSector aviation ⓘ
oil and gas ⓘ
real estate ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
memberOf Arab League ⓘ
Gulf Cooperation Council ⓘ
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ⓘ
surface form: Organization of Islamic Cooperation

OPEC ⓘ
surface form: Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries

United Nations ⓘ
nationalAirline Emirates ⓘ
Etihad Airways ⓘ
nationalReligion Islam ⓘ
numberOfEmirates 7 ⓘ
officialLanguage Arabic ⓘ
recognizedLanguage English ⓘ
religionMajority Islam ⓘ
timeZone UTC+4 ⓘ
usesLegalSystem Sharia ⓘ
surface form: Sharia law

civil law ⓘ

Referenced by (374)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Punjabi language → spokenIn → United Arab Emirates ⓘ
Telugu → spokenIn → United Arab Emirates ⓘ
Yemeni Arabic → spokenIn → United Arab Emirates ⓘ
Umm Al Quwain → subdivisionOf → United Arab Emirates ⓘ
Battle of Tripoli → supportedBy → United Arab Emirates ⓘ
Battle of Tripoli (2019–2020) → supportedBy → United Arab Emirates ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Arab Emirates (for LNA)
Khalifa Haftar → supportedBy → United Arab Emirates ⓘ
Libyan National Army → supportedBy → United Arab Emirates ⓘ
Second Libyan Civil War → supportedBy → United Arab Emirates ⓘ
Arabian oryx → symbolOf → United Arab Emirates ⓘ
Ashraf Ghani → tookRefugeIn → United Arab Emirates ⓘ
Thunder Snow → trainedIn → United Arab Emirates ⓘ
Arabian Plate → underlies → United Arab Emirates ⓘ
AN/MPQ-53 radar → usedBy → United Arab Emirates ⓘ
AN/TPY-2 radar → usedBy → United Arab Emirates ⓘ
subject surface form: AN/TPY-2
PAC-3 MSE (Missile Segment Enhancement) → usedBy → United Arab Emirates ⓘ
subject surface form: PAC-3 MSE
Patriot missile system → usedBy → United Arab Emirates ⓘ
Scud missiles → usedBy → United Arab Emirates ⓘ
subject surface form: Scud missile
Amr → usedInCountry → United Arab Emirates ⓘ
Fus’ha → usedInCountry → United Arab Emirates ⓘ
GST → usedInCountry → United Arab Emirates ⓘ
Gulf Standard Time → usedInCountry → United Arab Emirates ⓘ
Salam → usedInCountry → United Arab Emirates ⓘ
bin Abdullah → usedInCountry → United Arab Emirates ⓘ