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Uae Booklet 2006 2 UAE 0 At a Glance 0 6 Editors: Ibrahim Al Abed Paula Vine Peter Hellyer Peter Vine CONTENTS Additional Contributors: Simon Aspinall Daniel Potts Text copyright © 2006: Trident Press 4 FACTS AND FIGURES Cover pictures: Photographs ©: Trident Press Ltd, Gulf News, Emirates News Agency (WAM), Getty Images, 6 GEOGRAPHY UAE Ministry of Information and Culture and credited photographers (see page 94). 8 HISTORY AND HERITAGE English edition design and typesetting: Noel Mannion History This book contains information available at the Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan time of printing. Whilst every care has been Culture and Heritage 60 INFRASTRUCTURE taken to achieve accuracy, the publishers cannot accept any liability for consequences Urban Development arising from the use of information contained 24 GOVERNMENT Water and Electricity in this book. Supreme Council Telecommunications Council of Ministers Airports and Aviation Statistics are based on available sources and are not necessarily official or endorsed by the The President of the UAE Ports UAE Government. Foreign Policy Enquiries may be addressed to: Foreign Aid 74 SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT Ministry of Information and Culture PO Box 17, Abu Dhabi, UAE Housing and Social Welfare Tel: (9712) 4453000; Fax (9712) 4450458 36 THE ECONOMY Education E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.uaeinteract.com Economic Growth Women The Financial Sector Health Published by Trident Press Ltd 175 Piccadilly, Mayfair, London WIJ 9TB The Business Environment Media Tel: 020 7491 8770; Fax: 020 7491 8664 Manufacturing E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.tridentpress.com Oil and Gas 92 SPORTS Tourism British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data: A CIP catalogue record for this book is Agriculture and Fisheries 94 CAPTIONS AND CREDITS available from the British Library. ISBN 1-905486-10-3 58 ENVIRONMENT 95 USEFUL CONTACTS 4 UAE AT A GLANCE FACTS AND FIGURES Trade Figures UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Total Exports & Re-Exports 2004 (Dh billion)................. 303.9 Official Name.................. United Arab Emirates Crude Oil Exports 2004 (Dh billion).............................. 108.79 Political Structure........... Federation of seven emirates established in 1971 Total Re-Exports 2004 (Dh billion)................................. 101.78 National Day....................2 December Total Imports 2004 (Dh billion)...................................... 199.04 President......................... Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Trade Balance 2004 (Dh billion) ................................... 104.86 Capital..............................Abu Dhabi City Oil & Gas Population (2004)..........4.320 million UAE Oil Reserves (billion barrels).................................. 97.8 Abu Dhabi...................1.702 million Abu Dhabi’s Oil Reserves (billion barrels)..................... 92.2 Dubai........................... 1.288 million UAE Natural Gas Reserves (trillion cubic feet)............... 213.5 Sharjah........................ 679,000 Abu Dhabi’s Natural Gas Reserves (trillion cubic feet).. 198.5 UAE OPEC Production Quota av. 2004 (mb/d).............. 2.19 Ajman.......................... 251,000 Umm al-Qaiwain........ 66,000 Fisheries & Agriculture Ra’s al-Khaimah...........208,000 Cultivated Areas (acres)................................................. 891,098 Number of Date Palms (million)..................................... 40 Fujairah........................ 126,000 Fishing Fleet .................................................................. 5191 Religion........................... Islam Fishermen ...................................................................... 17,264 Language......................... Arabic Estimated Catch (tons)................................................. 97,574 Dirham Exchange Rate (per US Dollar)............. 3.6725 SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT Employees (000s) 2004................................................. 2,649 Literacy (%).................................................................... 90 Life Expectancy at Birth ................................................ 78 ECONOMIC INDICATORS Infant Mortality Rate 2004 (per 1000 live births)............ 7.7 Public Finance * Primary & Secondary Students 2003/2004..................... 612,098 Current Account Balance 2004 (Dh billion)................................. 47.51 Public & Private Schools 2003........................................ 1,207 Capital Account Balance 2004 (Dh billion).................................. -21.21 Higher Education Registrations 2004/2005.................... 10,459 Balance of Payments Overall 2004 (Dh billion)............................ +12.83 Social Welfare Beneficiaries 2003.................................. 77,000 Nominal Rate of Growth of Final Consumption 2004 (%)............ 14.1 Government Hospitals................................................... 34 Nominal Rate of Growth of Fixed Capital Formation 2004 (%).... 11.1 Primary Health Care Centres.(2004)................................ 115 Changes in Consumer Price Index 2004 (%)................................ 4.7 Hospital Beds (both Government and Private)......over 7000 * Central Bank figures Annual Report 2004 INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT Gross Domestic Product* Total Installed Electricity Generating Capacity (MW)..... 12,800 GDP per Capita 2004.................................................................... Dh 74,917 Total Water Production 2004 (bn gallons)..................... 195 GDP in Current Prices 2004 (Dh billion)....................................... 378.76 Fixed Line subscribers 2003 (million)............................ 1.209 GDP 2004 at Constant 2000 Prices (Dh billion)............................ 323.63 Mobile Phone Subscribers (million).............................. 4.068 Real GDP Growth Rate 2003 (%).................................................. 11.8 Estimated Internet Users (million)................................. 1.25 Real GDP Growth Rate 2004 (%).................................................. 7.4 International Airports..................................................... 6 GDP Non-oil Sectors (Dh billion) 2004 (current prices).............. 255.50 Commercial Ports........................................................... 15 GDP Non-oil Sectors (Dh billion) 2004 (constant 2000 prices).. 230.00 Paved Highways (km)..(2004)....................................... 4030 * Central Bank figures Annual Report 2004 Vehicles (000s).(2004).................................................. 792 nights can be relatively cool, between 12°C to 15°Conthecoast, 12°Cto cool,between nights canberelatively da winter andhothumidduringthesummermonths and spect shoreline against thedramatic oftheGulfOmanwash waters whichthedeepoceanic beyond plains, gravel to fall the mountains al-Khaimah.OntheEastCoast, ofRa’s reaches the mountainous andinto pastDubai,Sharjah,Ajman,Ummal-Qaiwain northwards thedesertsofAbuDhabi,stretching Gulf coastthatborders Arabian theshallow inlets) andwhitesandybeachescharacterise stretches of its coastal plains. plains. ofitscoastal stretches fertile themore to HajarMountains theprecipitous Ain, from therichpalm-filledoasesofAl to dunesoftheLiwa red towering the from landscapes, itisacountryofcontrasting desert, yet is oftheUAE Gulf. Four-fifths oftheArabian theentrance close to Peninsula, alongthesouth-easterntip oftheArabian of Portugal thesize roughly occupiesanarea (UAE) Emirates The UnitedArab Straddling the Tropic of Cancer, the UAE is warm and sunny in andsunny iswarm the UAE ofCancer, theTropic Straddling Offshore islands, low-lying islets, mangrove stands, stands, mangrove islets, low-lying islands, Offshore ytime temperatures average a very pleasant26°C,although avery average ytime temperatures and lessthan5 acular beachesofFujair mountains. Summer temperatures are inthemid-40s, are Summertemperatures mountains. per cent in summer and autumn. Inland it is far less per centinsummerandautumn.Inlanditisfar a but can be higher inland. Humidity in coastal areas but canbehigherinland.Humidityincoastal v er humid. Rainfall is sparse andintermittent. issparse humid. Rainfall ages betw ° C inthedepthsofdesertorhigh een 50 and 60 per cent, touching over 90 over een 50and60percent,touching ah. khors . Winter (tidal the Source: UAE Department of Water Resources CLIMATE Minimum Average Maximum Dry Temperature in Degrees Celsius 10 20 30 40 50 60 0 14.0 12.321.0 17.5 20.628.6 20.6 24.0 33.7 25.1 26.7 37.0 27.9 31.5 40.1 33.2 43.3 29.6 45.4 30.1 34.4 27.9 34.4 43.9 33.0 25.1 43.1 41.6 30.7 19.2 39.6 26.4 15.9 32.1 22.6 29.7 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Abu Dhabi – Dry Temperature MonthlyChart Temperature Abu Dhabi–Dry 8 UAE AT A GLANCE HISTORY AND HERITAGE 9 Stone Age (5500 BC) onwards there is evidence of human occupation HISTORY AND HERITAGE which is both extensive and of local and regional importance. CONVERSION TO ISLAM IN THE SHORT PERIOD SINCE its inception as a federal state in 1971, the The arrival of envoys from the Prophet Muhammad in 630 AD led to United Arab Emirates has taken its place as a prosperous, stable the conversion of the region to Islam. By 637 AD, Moslem armies nation with a thriving economy and a worldwide reputation for were using Julfar (Ra’s al-Khaimah) as a staging post for the conquest hospitality. It is a remarkable success story, but the elements that of Iran. In 892 AD Julfar was used again, this time as an entry point forged these achievements are not entirely new; a similar pattern of for the Abbasid invasion of Oman. Julfar continued to be
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