United Arab Emirates Located in the Arabian Gulf, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has an area of 82,880 square kilometers (31,877 square miles) and, as of 2004, a population of 2,513,915. Abu Dhabi is its capital. The country is bordered by Saudi Arabia,...

United Arab Emirates Al-Imarat al-'Arabiyah al-Muttahidah CAPITAL: Abu Dhabi (Abu Zaby) FLAG: The flag consists of a red vertical stripe at the hoist and three equal horizontal stripes of green, white, and black. ANTHEM: The National Anthem is...

United Arab Emirates POPULATION 2,445,989SUNNI MUSLIM 80 percentSHIITE MUSLIM 16 percentOTHER 4 percent Country Overview Introduction The United Arab Emirates, founded in 1971, is a federation of seven emirates (Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, al-Fujayrah, Ras...

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is a Middle Eastern federation of seven states situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Southwest Asia on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman and Saudi Arabia. The seven states, termed emirates, are Abu Dhabi,...

Hand-picked voters chose members of a government advisory panel Saturday in this tiny oil-rich country's first election, the Arab world's latest tentative step toward democracy.Saturday was the first of a three-day vote for 20 open seats on the Federal National Council, an advisory body seen...

Prince Charles suggested Tuesday on a visit to the United Arab Emirates that banning McDonald's fast food was crucial for improving people's diets, a British news agency reported.Charles made the comments while visiting the Imperial College London Diabetes Center in Abu Dhabi for the launch...

Guggenheim Museum officials haven't addressed concerns about the treatment of workers who will build a branch in the United Arab Emirates, which has had a surge of labor unrest in recent weeks, a human rights organization says.The Persian Gulf nation has "systemic" abuse problems at...