United Arab Emirates
الإمارات
United Arab Emirates (AE, ARE) is a country in Western Asia, with Abu Dhabi as its capital. The currency is the United Arab Emirates Dirham (AED, AED). The international dialling code is +971 and the trunk prefix is 0; mobile numbers are written like 050 123 4567. The time zone is Asia/Dubai. Official language: Arabic.
CurrencyAEDAED
Dial code+971e.g. 050 123 4567
Time zoneDubaiUTC+04:00
LanguageArabic
CapitalAbu Dhabi
Population10M83.6K km²
Overview
- Official name
- United Arab Emirates
- Native name
- الإمارات
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
- AE
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
- ARE
- ISO 3166-1 numeric
- 784
- IOC code
- UAE
- Demonym
- Emirati
- Capital
- Abu Dhabi
- Region
- Asia › Western Asia
- Status
- Independent, UN member
- Groups
- Western Asia
- United Nations
- Internet domain
- .ae, امارات.
- Coordinates
- 24, 54
- Area
- 83,600 km²
- Population
- 10,032,200
- GDP
- $719.7B ($71.7K per person)
- Literacy
- 90%
- Landlocked
- No
- Land borders
Currency
United Arab Emirates Dirham AED
- Symbol
- AED
- Minor units
- 2 decimals
- Example
- 1,234.50 د.إ.
Languages
Time zones
| Time zone | Local time | Standard | Daylight saving | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia/Dubai | UTC+04:00 | none | Gulf Standard Time |
Phone numbers
- Calling code
- +971
- Dial-out prefix
- 00
- Trunk prefix
- 0
- National number length
- 5–12 digits
- Emergency number
- 112 pattern 112|99[7-9]
Number types
| Type | National format | International format | Layout | Digits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed line | 02 234 5678 | +971 2 234 5678 | XX XXX XXXX | 8 |
| Mobile | 050 123 4567 | +971 50 123 4567 | XXX XXX XXXX | 9 |
| Toll free | 800 123456 | +971 800 123456 | XXX XXXXXX | [5-12] |
| Premium rate | 900 2 34567 | +971 900 2 34567 | XXX X XXXXX | 9 |
| Shared cost | 700 0 12345 | +971 700 0 12345 | XXX X XXXXX | 9 |
| Universal access | 600 212345 | +971 600 212345 | XXX XXXXXX | 9 |
Show the 4 formatting rules
| Digits pattern | Leading digits | Format | International |
|---|---|---|---|
(\d{3})(\d{2,9}) | 60|8 | $1 $2 | $1 $2 |
(\d)(\d{3})(\d{4}) | [236]|[479][2-8] | $1 $2 $3 | $1 $2 $3 |
(\d{3})(\d)(\d{5}) | [479] | $1 $2 $3 | $1 $2 $3 |
(\d{2})(\d{3})(\d{4}) | 5 | $1 $2 $3 | $1 $2 $3 |
Address and postal code
Address layout
{Name}
{Organization}
{Street address}
{State/province}
- Required fields
- Street address, State/province
- Region label
- emirate
- Predefined regions
- 7
Postal code
- Pattern
- Postal codes are not used
Calendar, units and conventions
- First day of the week
- Monday
- Weekend
- Saturday to Sunday
- First week of the year
- Contains at least 1 day of the new year
- Hour cycle
- 12-hour (1–12), also hB, hb, H
- Calendars
- gregorian, islamic-umalqura, islamic, islamic-civil, islamic-tbla
- Measurement system
- Metric
- Temperature
- Celsius
- Paper size
- A4
Number and date formats
As written by the Arabic (United Arab Emirates) locale (ar-AE), amounts in AED.
- Number
- 1,234,567.891
- Percent
- 45.7%
- Currency (AED)
- 1,234,567.89 د.إ.
- Accounting
- (1,234,567.89 د.إ.)
- Currency, name
- 1,234,567.89 درهم إماراتي
- Compact short
- 1.2 مليون
- Compact long
- 1.2 مليون
- Scientific
- 1.235E6
- Speed
- 88 كيلومتر في الساعة
- Temperature
- 21.5°م
- Date, full
- الجمعة، 27 مارس 2026
- Date, long
- 27 مارس 2026
- Date, medium
- 27/03/2026
- Date, short
- 27/3/2026
- Time, medium
- 3:04:05 م
- Time, short
- 3:04 م
- Date and time
- 27/03/2026، 3:04 م
- Month and year
- مارس 2026
- Weekday
- الجمعة
- Relative time
- أمس · خلال 3 أيام · قبل ساعتين
- List: and
- A وB وC
- List: or
- A أو B أو C