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The
United Arab Emirates is an arid country of about 83.000
km2 in area, located at the south-western tip of the
Arabian Peninsula. It has two coasts, the western, which
extends along the Arabian Gulf for about 600km, and
the eastern, which runs for about 75 km along the Gulf
of Oman. Furthermore, there are several offshore islands
in the Arabian Gulf.
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United Arab Emirates is a tropical / subtropical desert
country located in the south eastern corner of the Arabian
Peninsular between latitudes 22° 30' and 26°30'
N, and longitudes 51° and 56° E. It has the shape
of an acute triangle with an area of about 83.000 km2
(Fig.1). The coastal and inland borders of the UAE extend
for about 1740 km adjacent to Saudi Arabia in the South
and South West, Oman in the East and North. The Arabian
Gulf is the natural border in the North, and in the East
there is the coast to the Gulf of Oman. The UAE consist
of seven Emirates, formerly the Trucial States, namely
Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras al Khaimah, Sharjah
and Umm al Quwain. Abu Dhabi is the largest Emirate and
it occupies about 84% of the total area, whereas the other
Emirates are much smaller: Dubai 5%, Sharjah 3.3%, Ajman
3%, Umm al Quwain 1%, Ras al Khaimah 2.2%, and Fujairah
1.5%.
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