GDP Official Exchange Rate (OER is more precise at gauging a countries economic power)
(Estimated 2011): $358.1 billion (US$) or (GBP)
GDP (OER) Per Capita (per member of the population estimated 2011): (US$) or (GBP)
GDP Purchasing Power Parity (PPP is good for gauging living conditions and use of resources but not as accurate as OER. This data has been calculated based on the sum value of all goods and services produced in the country valued at prices prevailing in the United States)
(Estimated 2011): $260.8 billion (US$) or (GBP)
GDP (PPP) Per Capita (per member of the population estimated 2011): $48,500 (US$) or (GBP)
Capital: Abu Dhabi
Population (Estimated July 2012): 5,314,317
Area: 83,600km2 or 32,280mi2
Currency: Dirham (AED)
Official Language: Arabic
Political Information: Federation of seven Emirates with certain powers delegated to U.A.E Federal Government
Official Religion: Islam
(approximately 96% of the population are Muslim and 4% have other religious beliefs)
Highest Mountain: Jabal Bil ‘Ays 1,934m or 6,345ft
Largest River:
Time Zone (GMT/UTC): +4:00
Wildlife:
Counties/Provinces/States: 7 emirates (imarat, singular - imarah); Abu Zaby (Abu Dhabi), 'Ajman, Al Fujayrah, Ash Shariqah (Sharjah), Dubayy (Dubai), Ra's al Khaymah, Umm al Qaywayn (Quwain)
Leaders: President Sheikh Khalīfah ibn Zāyid Āl Nahyān; Prime Minister: Sheikh Muḥammad ibn Rashīd Āl Maktūm
Additional: Gained independence from the U.K. on the 2nd of December 1971.
Sources: CIA World Fact Book, and Encyclopaedia Britannica.
United Arab Emirates (Al-Imārāt al-ʿArabīyah al-Muttaḥidah (United Arab Emirates)
