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President: Sheikh Khalifa ibn Zaid Al Nahayan (2004)
Prime Minister: Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid al-Maktoum
(1990)
Area: 32,000 sq mi (82,880 sq km)
Note: We give
the information above in the Christian Personals Primer
so that you will have a little background on the country before
you contact a perspective mate, just in case you don't know the
basics. Perhaps this info will give you something to talk about
Population (2004 est.): 2,523,915 (growth rate:
1.6%); birth rate: 18.7/1000; infant mortality rate:
15.1/1000; life expectancy: 75.0; density per sq mi: 79
Capital (2003 est.): Abu Dhabi, 539,800
Largest city: Dubai, 1,511,700 (metro. area),
906,100 (city proper)
Monetary unit: U.A.E. dirham
Languages: Arabic (official), Persian, English,
Hindi, Urdu
Ethnicity/race: Emiri 19%, other Arab and Iranian
23%, South Asian 50%, other expatriates (includes Westerners
and East Asians) 8% (1982)
Religions: Islam 96% (Sunni 80%, Shiite 16%) ,
Christian, Hindu, and other 4%
Literacy rate: 78% (2003 est.)
Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2003 est.): $57.7
billion; per capita $23,200. Real growth rate: 5.2%. Inflation:
3.2%. Unemployment: 2.4% (2001). Arable land: 0%.
Agriculture: dates, vegetables, watermelons; poultry,
eggs, dairy products; fish. Labor force: 2.1 million;
note: 73.9% of the population in the 15–64 age group is
non-national (2001); services 78%, industry 15%, agriculture
7% (2000 est.). Industries: petroleum, fishing,
petrochemicals, construction materials, some boat building,
handicrafts, pearling. Natural resources: petroleum,
natural gas. Exports: $56.73 billion (f.o.b., 2003
est.): crude oil 45%, natural gas, reexports, dried fish,
dates. Imports: $37.16 billion (f.o.b., 2003 est.):
machinery and transport equipment, chemicals, food. Major
trading partners: Japan, South Korea, Singapore, U.S.,
China, Germany, India, France, UK, Iran.
Communications: Telephones: main lines in use:
915,223 (1998); mobile cellular: 1 million (1999). Radio
broadcast stations: AM 13, FM 7, shortwave 2 (1998). Radios:
820,000 (1997). Television broadcast stations: 15
(1997). Televisions: 310,000 (1997). Internet
Service Providers (ISPs): 1 (2000). Internet users:
900,000 (2002).
(Christian Personals Service
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