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OMAN, UAE & ARABIAN PENINSULA PDF, EPUB, EBOOK Lonely Planet,Jenny Walker,Anthony Ham,Andrea Schulte-Peevers | 480 pages | 04 Oct 2016 | Lonely Planet Global Limited | 9781786571045 | English | Dublin 8, Ireland Arabian Peninsula - Wikipedia Iraq occupies an area of about , square miles and a 36 mile-long coastline on the Persian Gulf. Jordan is an autonomous Arab nation which is on the eastern bank of river Jordan in Western Asia. Jordan has a small coastline with the Red Sea while the Dead Sea is on its western boundary. It is on the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Amman is the cultural, political and economic center of the country. Jordan occupies an area of about 34, square miles and has a population of over 10 milion people. Kuwait shares a border with Saudi Arabia and Iraq. The country has over 4. Oil reserves were discovered in Iraq annexed Kuwait in Oman is an independent Arab state which is on the southeastern parts of Arabia in Asia. It is an Islamic state which has a strategically crucial position at the Persian Gulf. Oman shares a maritime boundary with Pakistan and Iran. Oman occupies an area of about , square miles and has over 4. A significant percentage of their economy depends on the trade of dates, numerous agricultural produces and fish, and tourism. Oman has the twenty-fifth largest oil reserves on earth. Qatar is an independent nation which is in the Qatar peninsula. Qatar is on the northeastern parts of Arabia and occupies an area of about 4, square miles. Its only land boundary is with Saudi Arabia while the Persian Gulf engulfs the rest of the state. Qatar had over 2. It has the top per-capita income on earth. The Qatari Economy is backed by their vast natural gas and oil reserves. Saudi Arabia is a Western Asian autonomous state which occupies a bigger part of Arabia. It is the biggest state in the Middle East which covers an area of about , square miles. Retrieved 20 August Gulf Digital News. Retrieved 20 February Deutsch Federal Foreign Office. Retrieved 31 August University of Glasgow. Retrieved 27 December April Retrieved 11 May Occasional Paper Series. Occasional Paper Series, No. Nuri; Guerami, Behrouz 1 April Imf Working Paper. Working Paper No. Archived from the original on 23 January Carnegie Endowment. Retrieved 19 April The Peninsula. Archived from the original on 18 January Retrieved 11 January Saudi-US Information Service. Arab News. The Wall Street Journal. Institute for Mergers, Acquisitions and Alliances. Retrieved 16 November Gulf Business. Gulf Cooperation Council. Archived from the original on 10 February ABC News. Retrieved 21 November The Guardian. Retrieved 18 May Arab Times. Chennai, India. The Hindu. The Telegrpah. Retrieved 29 March Business Insider. Retrieved 16 March Archived from the original on 2 December Retrieved 11 April Peck 12 April Scarecrow Press. The Peninsula Qatar Retrieved on Saudi Gazette GBR Athletics. Icarus Sailing Media. 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Categories : Gulf Cooperation Council establishments in the United Arab Emirates in economics Arabian Peninsula Continental unions Customs unions Economic integration Intellectual property organizations Intergovernmental organizations established by treaty International economic organizations International organizations based in Asia International organizations based in the Middle East Organizations established in Pan-Arabism Proposed currencies Supranational unions Trade blocs. Namespaces Article Talk. Views Read Edit View history. Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file. Download as PDF Printable version. Wikimedia Commons Wikinews. Flag Logo. Map indicating GCC members. Riyadh , Saudi Arabia. Nayef bin Falah Al-Hajraf. United Arab Emirates [1]. Abdullah Bishara [44]. Fahim bin Sultan Al Qasimi [45]. Jamil Ibrahim Hejailan [46]. Abdul Rahman bin Hamad Al Attiyah [47]. Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani. Constitutional monarchy. Parliamentary system , Constitutional monarchy. Federal monarchy , a Constitutional monarchy. The Countries of the Arabian Peninsula - WorldAtlas Arabia is the largest peninsula on Earth and it occupies an area of about 1,, square miles. Arabia plays a key role in the Arab world and Asia due to its vast natural gas and oil reserves. The Persian Gulf is in Eastern Arabia. Bahrain is an Arab island state which is made up of numerous islets. It is a constitutional monarchy which is in Arabia. The country has over 1,, residents including about , non-nationals. It is the third smallest state in Asia right after Singapore and Maldives which occupies an area of about Bahrain has invested in the tourism and banking sectors, and it is known as a high-income economy by the World Bank. Other religions like Mandeanism, Yezidism, Yarsan, and Christianity also exist in the country. The official languages in the state are Kurdish and Arabic. Iraq occupies an area of about , square miles and a 36 mile-long coastline on the Persian Gulf. Jordan is an autonomous Arab nation which is on the eastern bank of river Jordan in Western Asia. Jordan has a small coastline with the Red Sea while the Dead Sea is on its western boundary. It is on the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Amman is the cultural, political and economic center of the country. Jordan occupies an area of about 34, square miles and has a population of over 10 milion people. Kuwait shares a border with Saudi Arabia and Iraq. The country has over 4. Oil reserves were discovered in Iraq annexed Kuwait in Oman is an independent Arab state which is on the southeastern parts of Arabia in Asia. It is an Islamic state which has a strategically crucial position at the Persian Gulf. Oman shares a maritime boundary with Pakistan and Iran. Oman occupies an area of about , square miles and has over 4. Choose just the chapters you want. PDF format only. 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By , King Faisal of Saudi Arabia recognized the republic and a truce was signed. Egyptian military historians refer to the war in Yemen as their Vietnam. In , Iraq invaded Kuwait. Displays of support for Iraq by Jordan and Palestine resulted in strained relations between many of the Arab states. After the war, a so-called "Damascus Declaration" formalized an alliance for future joint Arab defensive actions between Egypt, Syria, and the GCC member states. The Arab Spring reached Yemen in January People of Yemen took to the street demonstrating against three decades of rule by President Ali Abdullah Saleh. After numerous attempt Saleh accepted the Gulf Cooperation Council mediation. He eventually handed power to Vice President Hadi. He was sworn in as President of Yemen on 25 February He launched a national dialogue to address new constitution, political and social issues. Saudi Arabia launched a military intervention in Yemen in March The extraction and refining of oil and gas are the major industrial activities in the Arabian Peninsula. The region also has an active construction sector,
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