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Encyclopedia > List of cities in the United Arab Emirates
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This is a list of the principal cities of the United Arab Emirates, in alphabetical order: map of the United Arab Emirates, converted directly from CIA World Factbook GIF. File links The following pages link to this file: Geography of the United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates Categories: CIA World Factbook images ... map of the United Arab Emirates, converted directly from CIA World Factbook GIF. File links The following pages link to this file: Geography of the United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates Categories: CIA World Factbook images ...

Abu Dhabi or Abu Zaby (Arabic language: أبوظبي) is the largest of the seven emirates that comprise the United Arab Emirates and was also the largest of the former Trucial States. ... Jump to: navigation, search Ajmān is the capital of the emirate of Ajmān. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Old Fort in Ajman; the previous Residence of the Ruler. ... Alain was also the pseudonym of Emile Auguste Chartier. ... Jump to: navigation, search Dubai or Dubayy (in Arabic: دبيّ, IPA , generally in English) refers to either one of the seven emirates that make up the United Arab Emirates on the Arabian Peninsula, or that emirates main city, sometimes called Dubai City to distinguish it from the emirate. ... Fujairah (Arabic: الفجيرة) is an emirate of the United Arab Emirates. ... Khor Fakkan (sometimes written as Khor Fakkan) is an isolated enclave on the Gulf of Oman belonging to the Emirate of Sharjah. ... Jump to: navigation, search Jebel Ali (جبل علي in Arabic) (also sometime written Mina Jabal Ali) is a port (Mina in Arabic) town, located thirty-five kilometres southwest of the city of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. ... Mina Zayid (Port Zayid, sometimes written as Zayed), is the commercial deep-water port that serves the city and Emirate of Abu Dhabi. ... Ras Al-Khaimah (Arabic: رأس الخيمة) is one of the United Arab Emirates. ... Umm al-Qaiwain (Arabic language: أمّ القيوين) is one of the United Arab Emirates. ... The Emirate of Sharjah (Arabic: الشارقة) extends along approximately 16 kilometres of the United Arab Emiratess Persian Gulf coastline and for more than 80 kilometres into the interior. ... Sila is the name of a border town 350 km in the west of the Abu Dhabi emirate, United Arab Emirates. ...

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The Emirate of Ajman is situated on the coast of the Arabian Gulf, extending over a distance of 16 Kilometres long.
Emirate of Fujairah, one of the seven emirates forming the United Arab Emirates, witnessed a rapid rate of economic and social development.
The Emirate of Umm Al Quwain is located along the coast of the Arabian Gulf, between Sharjah to the west.
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The United Arab Emirates (also called the UAE) is an oil-rich Middle Eastern country situated in the south-east of the Arabian Peninsula in Southwest Asia on the Persian Gulf, comprising seven emirates: Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras al-Khaimah, Sharjah and Umm al-Quwain.
The United States Department of State has cited widespread instances of blue collar labor abuse within the city and in the general context of the United Arab Emirates [1].
Indeed, around 50% of the population is South Asian, with the remainder being Emirati, Arab, European and East Asian.
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