United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates ranks 120th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Zimbabwe, Burkina Faso, and Zambia. Memorable people born in present day United Arab Emirates include Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, and Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. Memorable people who died in United Arab Emirates include Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, and Pervez Musharraf. United Arab Emirates has been the birth place of many politicians and soccer players and the death place of many politicians and actors.

The United Arab Emirates (UAE), or simply the Emirates, is a country in West Asia, in the Middle East. Located at the eastern end of the Arabian Peninsula, it shares borders with Oman and Saudi Arabia; as well as maritime borders in the Persian Gulf with Qatar and Iran. The United Arab Emirates is an elective monarchy formed from a federation of seven emirates. As of 2023, the UAE has an estimated population of 9.97 million. Emirati citizens are estimated to form 11.6% of the population; the remaining residents are expatriates, the majority of whom are South Asian. Islam is the official religion and Arabic is the official language. Abu Dhabi is the country's capital, while Dubai, the most populous city, is an international hub. Read more on Wikipedia