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The United Arab Emirates i / juː ˌ n aɪ t ɨ d ˌ ær ə b ˈ ɛ m ɪr ɨ t s / ( Arabic : دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة Dawlat al-ʾImārāt al-ʿArabiyyah al-Muttaḥidah ), sometimes simply called the Emirates or the UAE , [ note 1 ] is an Arab country in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula on the Persian Gulf , bordering Oman to the east and Saudi Arabia to the south, as well as sharing sea borders with Qatar and Iran . The UAE is a federation of seven emirates (equivalent to principalities ), each governed by a hereditary emir , who choose one of their members to be the president of the federation. The constituent emirates are Abu Dhabi , Ajman , Dubai , Fujairah , Ras al-Khaimah , Sharjah , and Umm al-Quwain . The capital is Abu Dhabi , which is also the state's center of political , industrial , and cultural activities. [ 7 ] Islam is the official religion of the UAE, and Arabic is the official language . [ 8 ]

