United Arab Emirates

The United Arab Emirates 🇦🇪 (Arabic: الإمارات العربية المتحدة, al-ʾImārāt al-ʿArabīyyah al-Muttaḥidah), also referred to as the Emirates or UAE, is a of located at the northeast along the southern . The capital is Abu Dhabi and the largest city is Dubai.
==Statistics==
The land area of the United Arab Emirates is 83,600 km2. As of 2020, the population of the Emirates is estimated to be 9,992,083, making it the in the world.
==Apple in the United Arab Emirates==
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The first two Apple retail stores in United Arab Emirates and the were opened on October 29, 2015 at the shopping complex in Dubai and at in Abu Dhabi.Apple opens its first stores in Arab world in the Emirates by Jon Gambrell, Associated Press, Business Insider. 2015-10-29. In early 2020, all 3 stores in the Emirates were temporarily closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but reopened on June 8th.Update: Stores in France open June 9, UAE June 8 by Michael Steeber, 9to5Mac. 2020-06-06. On February 25, 2022, the fourth store was opened at The Galleria on .Apple Al Maryah Island now open in Abu Dhabi, Apple Inc. 2022-02-25.
==References==
==External links==
*الرئيسة - البوابة الرسمية لحكومة الإمارات العربية المتحدة official portal of the UAE government (Arabic)
*United Arab Emirates at OECD
*Apple Retail Stores, United Arab Emirates at Apple
**Apple Al Maryah Island, Abu Dhabi
**Apple Yas Mall, Abu Dhabi
**Apple Dubai Mall, Dubai
**Apple Mall of the Emirates, Dubai
*Atlas of United Arab Emirates at Wikimedia Commons
* at Wikipedia