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United Arab Emirates
Profile
Official Name: United Arab Emirates
Government: Federation of Emirates
Branches: Executive - Seven-member Supreme Council of Rulers
which
elects president and vice president
Legislative - 40-member National Consultative Council.
Judicial - secular legal codes being introduced; Islamic law
influential.
Subdivisions: Seven largely self-governing city-states, namely:
Abu
Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ras Al Khaimah, Fujairah, Umm Al Qaiwain, and
Ajman
Head of State: President Shaikh Zayed bin Sultan al Nahayyan
Capital: Abu Dhabi
Area: 30,000 sq. mi.
Population/Density: 1.7 million (1988); ...
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Article: AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;
April 1, 2003 ;
700+ words
... ... Peter J. Cooper, AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Knight Ridder/Tribune ... manufacturing hub. The emphasis in Abu Dhabi is on development of its extensive ... com (c) 2003, AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Distributed by Knight ...
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