United Arab Emirates

The Trucial States of the Persian Gulf coast granted the UK control of their defense and foreign affairs in 19th-century treaties.

Government type: federation of monarchies. Chief of state: President MUHAMMAD BIN ZAYID Al Nuhayyan (since 14 May 2022).

Facts

Capital	Abu Dhabi
Region	Middle East, bordering the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf, between Oman and Saudi Arabia
Area	total : 83,600 sq km; land: 83,600 sq km; water: 0 sq km
Population	10,093,593 (2025 est.)
Languages	Arabic (official), English, Hindi, Malayalam, Urdu, Pashto, Tagalog, Persian
Currency	Emirati dirhams (AED)
Time zone	to be filled
ccTLD	.ae

Refugees

Camps hosting refugees, asylum-seekers, and internally displaced persons (IDPs) inside the country. Operators use this to track population movement, NGO and UN footprint, humanitarian access corridors, and the political pressure conflict generates on the host. Cross-reference UNHCR Operational Data Portal, IOM DTM, and ReliefWeb before relying on the entry.

Camp	Population	Origin	Location	Notes
to be filled	to be filled	to be filled	to be filled	to be filled