UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNITED ARAB EMIRATES REGION MIDDLE EAST NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE DECEMBER 2 1971 DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION DECEMBER 2 1971 POPULATION 2344402 1999 EST AREA 32280 SQ MI CAPITAL ABU DHABI FORM OF GOVERNMENT FEDERATION OF EMIRATES MAIN INDUSTRIES PETROLEUM PROCESSING AGRICULTURE VEGETABLES DATES NATURAL RESOURCES OIL CURRENCY DIRHAM GDP 40 BILLION 1998 EST GDP PER CAPITA 17400 1998 EST LANGUAGES ARABIC OFFICIAL PERSIAN ENGLISH HINDI RELIGIONS ISLAM CHRISTIANITY HINDUISM LITERACY RATE 79 LIFE EXPECTANCY 74 YEARS MALE 77 YEARS FEMALE BIRTHRATE 19 BIRTHS PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 3 DEATHS PER 1000 POPULATION
