Some UAE statistics courtesy of infoplease...

[henslee]

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0108074.htm

President: Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahyan (2004)

Prime Minister: Sheikh Muhammad ibn Rashid al-Maktoum (2006)

Area: 32,000 sq mi (82,880 sq km)

Population (2005 est.): 2,563,212 (growth rate: 1.5%); birth rate: 18.8/1000; infant mortality rate: 14.5/1000; life expectancy: 75.2; density per sq mi: 80

Capital (2003 est.): Abu Dhabi, 539,800

Largest city: Dubai, 1,511,700 (metro. area), 906,100 (city proper)

Monetary unit: U.A.E. dirham

Languages: Arabic (official), Persian, English, Hindi, Urdu

Ethnicity/race: Emiri 19%, other Arab and Iranian 23%, South Asian 50%, other expatriates (includes Westerners and East Asians) 8% (1982)

Religions: Islam 96% (Sunni 80%, Shiite 16%), Christian, Hindu, and other 4%

Literacy rate: 78% (2003 est.)

Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2004 est.): $63.67 billion; per capita $25,200. Real growth rate: 5.7%. Inflation: 3.2%. Unemployment: 2.4% (2001). Arable land: 0.6%. Agriculture: dates, vegetables, watermelons; poultry, eggs, dairy products; fish. Labor force: 2.36 million; note: 73.9% of the population in the 15–64 age group is nonnational; services 78%, industry 15%, agriculture 7% (2000 est.). Industries: petroleum, fishing, aluminum, cement, fertilizers, commercial ship repair, petrochemicals, construction materials, some boatbuilding, handicrafts, textiles. Natural resources: petroleum, natural gas. Exports: $69.48 billion (f.o.b., 2004 est.): crude oil 45%, natural gas, reexports, dried fish, dates. Imports: $45.66 billion (f.o.b., 2004 est.): machinery and transport equipment, chemicals, food. Major trading partners: Japan, South Korea, Iran, China, India, Germany, U.S., France, UK, Italy (2003).

Communications: Telephones: main lines in use: 915,223 (1998); mobile cellular: 1 million (1999). Radio broadcast stations: AM 13, FM 7, shortwave 2 (1998). Radios: 820,000 (1997). Television broadcast stations: 15 (1997). Televisions: 310,000 (1997). Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 1 (2000). Internet users: 900,000 (2002).

Transportation: Railways: 0 km. Highways: total: 4,835 km; paved: 1,088 km; unpaved: 0 km (1999 est.). Ports and harbors: 'Ajman, Al Fujayrah, Das Island, Khawr Fakkan, Mina' Jabal 'Ali, Mina' Khalid, Mina' Rashid, Mina' Saqr, Mina' Zayid, Umm al Qaywayn. Airports: 41 (2002).

[SeaBob]

1. CIA Factbook

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ae.html
:
because the treaties have not been made public, the exact alignment of the boundary with Saudi Arabia is still unknown; boundary agreement was signed and ratified with Oman in 2003 for entire border, including Oman's Musandam Peninsula and Al Madhah enclaves, but contents of the agreement and maps showing the alignment have not been published; UAE engage in direct talks and solicit Arab League support to resolve disputes over Iran's occupation of Lesser and Greater Tunb Islands and Abu Musa Island
Illicit drugs:
the UAE is a drug transshipment point for traffickers given its proximity to Southwest Asian drug producing countries; the UAE's position as a major financial center makes it vulnerable to money laundering; anti-money-laundering controls improving

This page was last updated on 10 January, 2006

[henslee]

2. Thanks. Good one. I don't know too much about UAE

Dubai.