<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> You may need rendering support to display the Arabic text in this article correctly . </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> You may need rendering support to display the Arabic text in this article correctly . </Td> </Tr> <P> The United Arab Emirates (/ juː ˈnaɪtɪd ˈærəb ˈɛmɪrɪts / (listen); UAE; Arabic: دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة ‎ ‎ Dawlat al - Imārāt al -' Arabīyah al - Muttaḥidah), sometimes simply called the Emirates (Arabic: الإمارات ‎ ‎ al - Imārāt), is a federal absolute monarchy in Western Asia at the southeast end of the Arabian Peninsula on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman to the east and Saudi Arabia to the south, as well as sharing maritime borders with Qatar to the west and Iran to the north . In 2013, the UAE's population was 9.2 million, of which 1.4 million are Emirati citizens and 7.8 million are expatriates . </P> <P> The country is a federation of seven emirates, and was established on 2 December 1971 . The constituent emirates are Abu Dhabi (which serves as the capital), Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras al - Khaimah, Sharjah and Umm al - Quwain . Each emirate is governed by an absolute monarch; together, they jointly form the Federal Supreme Council . One of the monarchs (traditionally always the Emir of Abu Dhabi) is selected as the President of the United Arab Emirates . Islam is the official religion of the UAE and Arabic is the official language (although English and Indian languages are widely spoken, with English being the language of business and education particularly in Abu Dhabi and Dubai). </P>

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