The Unitit Arab Emirates (UAE) (Arabic: دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدةDawlat al-Imārāt al-'Arabīyah al-Muttaḥidah), whiles simply cried the Emirates (Arabic: الاماراتal-Imārāt) is a federation o seiven emirates foond in the sootheast o the Arabian Peninsulae in Soothwast Asie on the Parsian Gulf, what mairches wi Oman an Saudi Arabie. The seiven states, cried emirates, are Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras al-Khaimah, Sharjah an Umm al-Quwain.
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Unitit Arab Emirates
دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة Dawlat al-ʾImārāt al-ʿArabiyyah al-Muttaḥidah
Predominantly Indian, Pakistani an Bangladeshi fowk.
Predominantly Cheenese, Filipino, Thai, Iranian, Sooth Korean an Afghani (Pashtun) fowk.
Seiven emirates an ane advisory body.
The kintra's exact size is unkent acause o disputit claims tae several islands in the Persie Gulf, the lack o precise information on the size o mony o these islands an that maist o its laund boundaries, especially those wi Saudi Arabie, remain un-demarcatit.
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The UAE, rich in ile an naitural gas, haes acome heichlie prosperous efter gainin foreign direct investment fundin in the 1970s. The kintra haes a relatively hich Human Development Index for the Asian continent, rankin 31st globally, an haed a GDP purchasin pouer parity o $200.5 billion in 2009 accordin tae the IMF.
Afore 1971, the UAE wis kent as the Trucial States or Trucial Oman, in reference tae a nineteent-century truce atween Britain an several Arab Sheikhs. The name Pirate Coast wis an aa uised in reference tae the airt's emirates in the 18t tae airly 20t century.