سعد عنتر سعد مراقب
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| موضوع: About United Arab Emirates الثلاثاء 28 ديسمبر 2010 - 4:29 | |
| <blockquote> Country Name | Conventional Long Form: United Arab Emirates Local Long Form (Arabic): Dawlat Al Imarat Al Arabiyya Al Muttahidah Local Short Form (Arabic): Al Imarat Abbreviation: UAE Arabic Words: دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة | Emirates | Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm al-Qaiwain, Ras al-Khaimah and Fujairah | Capital | Abu Dhabi | National Day | Independence Day (from UK), 2 December (1971) | President | HH Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan (3 November 2004) | Vice-President & Prime Minister | HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (5 January 2006) | Political System | A federation with specific areas of authority constitutionally assigned to the UAE Federal Government and other powers reserved for member emirates | Constitution | Adopted provisionally on 2 December 1971, made permanent in 1996 | Area | 83,600 square kilometers | Time | UAE Standard Time is 4 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT+4) | Daylight Saving Time | UAE Time does not operate Daylight-Saving Time | International Dialing Code | +971 | Currency | Emirati Dirham (Dh or AED), divided into 100 Fils | Exchange Rate | US$ 1 = AED 3.6725 The UAE Dirham has been officially pegged to the US dollar since February 2002 | Language | The official language is Arabic. English is widely understood and ranks alongside Arabic as the language of commerce | Religion | Islam. Practice of all religious beliefs is allowed | Population | 4.106 million (December, 2005) | GDP | AED 485.5 billion (2005, Current Prices) | Real GDP Growth | 8.2% (2005) | Non-Oil Sector Contribution to Nominal GDP | 64% (2005) | Foreign Direct Investment | US$10 billion (2005) | Industries | Oil & Gas, Aluminum, Cement, Fertilizers, Commercial Ship Repair, Petrochemicals, Construction Materials, Pharmaceuticals, Tourism | Oil Production | 2.8 million barrels per day | Oil Proven Reserves | 98.1 billion barrels | Natural Gas Production | 65 billion cubic meters | Natural Gas Proven Reserves | 6 trillion cubic meters | Fiscal Year | 1 January to 31 December | Weekend | Friday and Saturday for government institutions. Many private companies operate a six-day week (with Friday as an off day) | Exports | AED 424 billion (2005) | Free-Zone Exports | AED 63.9 billion (2005) | Re-Exports | AED 139.5 billion (2005) | Imports | AED 261.2 billion (2005) | Cultivated Areas | 260,000 hectares, 3.1% of total territory | Number of Date Palms | Over 40 million | Agriculture & Fisheries Products | Dates, Green Fodder, Vegetables and Fruit; Livestock, Poultry, Eggs, Dairy Products; Fish | Estimated Fisheries Catch | 97,574 tons | Flag | Three equal horizontal bands of green (top), white, and black with a wider vertical red band on the hoist side
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