page_title: Outline of the United Arab Emirates
section_title: Geography of the United Arab Emirates
hierarchical_section_title: Outline of the United Arab Emirates / Geography of the United Arab Emirates
caption_attribution_description: English: Topographic map of United Arab Emirates. Created with GMT from SRTM data.
context_page_description: The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the United Arab Emirates:
  The United Arab Emirates is a sovereign federation of seven states located southeast of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula in Southwest Asia, bordering Oman and Saudi Arabia. The seven states, termed emirates, are Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras al-Khaimah, Sharjah, and Umm al-Quwain.
  The UAE, rich in oil and natural gas, has become highly prosperous after gaining foreign direct investment funding in the 1970s. The country has a relatively high Human Development Index for the Asian continent and ranked 39th globally.
  Before 1971, the UAE were known as the Trucial States or Trucial Oman, in reference to a nineteenth-century truce between Britain and several Arab Sheikhs. The name Pirate Coast was also used in reference to the area's emirates in the eighteenth to early twentieth century.
context_section_description: Geography of the United Arab Emirates
  The United Arab Emirates is: a country
  Location:
  Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere
  Eurasia
  Asia
  Southwest Asia
  Middle East
  Arabian Peninsula
  Time zone:  UTC+04
  Extreme points of the United Arab Emirates
  High:  Unnamed knoll west of Jabal Bil Ays 1,910 m (6,266 ft)
  Low:  Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman 0 m
  Land boundaries:  867 km
   Saudi Arabia 457 km
   Oman 410 km
  Coastline:  1,318 km
  Population of the United Arab Emirates:
  Area of the United Arab Emirates:
  Atlas of the United Arab Emirates
caption: An enlargeable topographic map of the United Arab Emirates.
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