| Transportation |
United Arab Emirates |
| Railways: |
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| Highways: |
total: 1,088 km
paved: 1,088 km (including 253 km of expressways)
unpaved: 0 km (1999 est.) |
| Waterways: |
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| Pipelines: |
condensate 469 km; gas 2,655 km; liquid petroleum gas 300 km; oil 2,936 km; oil/gas/water 5 km (2004) |
| Ports and Harbors: |
Al Fujayrah, Khawr Fakkan, Mina' Jabal 'Ali, Mina' Rashid, Mina' Saqr, Mina' Zayid, Sharjan |
| Merchant Marine: |
total: 56 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 578,477 GRT/739,823 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 1, cargo 11, chemical tanker 5, container 6, liquefied gas 1, passenger/cargo 4, petroleum tanker 21, roll on/roll off 7
foreign-owned: 14 ( Greece 2, Kuwait 6)
registered in other countries: 200 (2005) |
| Airports: |
35 (2004 est.) |
Airports -
with paved runways: |
total: 22
over 3,047 m: 8
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 4
under 914 m: 3 (2004 est.) |
Airports -
with unpaved runways: |
total: 13
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 4 (2004 est.) |
| Heliports: |
2 (2004 est.) |
| Geography |
United Arab Emirates |
| Location: |
Middle East, bordering the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf, between Oman and Saudi Arabia |
| Geographic Coordinates: |
24 00 N, 54 00 E |
| Map References: |
Middle East |
| Area: |
total: 82,880 sq km
land: 82,880 sq km
water: 0 sq km |
| Area Comparative: |
slightly smaller than Maine |
| Land Boundaries: |
total: 867 km
border countries: Oman 410 km, Saudi Arabia 457 km |
| Coastline: |
1,318 km |
| Maritime Claims: |
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin |
| Climate: |
desert; cooler in eastern mountains |
| Terrain: |
flat, barren coastal plain merging into rolling sand dunes of vast desert wasteland; mountains in east |
| Elevation Extremes: |
lowest point: Persian Gulf 0 m
highest point: Jabal Yibir 1,527 m |
| Natural Resources: |
petroleum, natural gas |
| Land Use: |
arable land: 0.6%
permanent crops: 2.25%
other: 97.15% (2001) |
| Irrigated Land: |
720 sq km (1998 est.) |
| Natural Hazards: |
frequent sand and dust storms |
| Environment - current issues: |
lack of natural freshwater resources compensated by desalination plants; desertification; beach pollution from oil spills |
| Environment - international agreements: |
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection
signed, but not ratified: Law of the Sea |
| Geography - Note: |
strategic location along southern approaches to Strait of Hormuz , a vital transit point for world crude oil |
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