UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

or formerly Trucial States or Trucial Oman geographical name country NE Arabia on Persian Gulf between Qatar & Oman; a republic composed of seven sheikhdoms (Abu Dhabi, ‘Ajman, Al Fujayrah, Ash Shariqah, Dubayy, Ra's al Khaymah, & Umm al Qaywayn) formerly under British protection capital Abu Dhabi area 30,000 square miles (77,700 square kilometers ), population 1,986,000