Top 10 Interesting Facts About United Arab Emirates
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Welcome to the world of the United Arab Emirates today on Countries Facts we are going to learn about a very interesting culture and people a nation that may be small in size but it's highly respected and honored by many other countries from around the world hey guys what's going on here and welcome to Countries Facts we talk about a lot of countries people in places from all around the world and yeah today we're talking about the UAE the UAE is a country that is currently unsure of its exact population as of 2017 they estimate that they have anywhere between five million nine hundred and forty seven thousand to ten million one hundred and thirty nine thousand people and the reason for this is the country hasn't done a census since like 2005 which at the time the country sat at four million one hundred and six thousand four hundred twenty seven people however this is stretched out over a land of eighty three thousand six hundred kilometers square which has a 2005 they had 99 people per square kilometer however that has changed in the last decade due to the amount of construction of high-rises put into places like Dubai.
1 Dubai now here I use a country that is an absolute monarchy meaning it has one ruler one Supreme say overall however that Authority is not restricted by written laws with the current president of the country being Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan who has Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum as his vice president Prime Minister now as the UAE it is divided up not in two provinces but in two seven emirates they are different from provinces or states and act more like principalities because an emirate is an area of land that is led by a dynastic Islamic monarch styled Emir Annie seven are abu-dhabi by Raj ja zal come on Osman Lama al-quwain.
2 Jewish Sheriff and with all these collected together they create the UAE which we know is a major financial hub for the entire world and at the 2015 according to the OAC it had 70 kg DB per capita with over 147 billion dollars in exports and 217 billion dollars in imports these exports include there's 2% crude petroleum and 13% refined petroleum however nine point one and five point one percent is gold and diamonds so in a lot of these Arabic countries you might have heard of a thing called a camel racing it's quite a popular sport down there however in countries like UAE they are trying to phase out actual human jockeys as riders the reason for this is because of the humans rights movements because the sports of the sheiks generally use children to ride camels because they are so small and as a matter of fact the arab emirates.
3 United Arab Emirates was the first country to ban the use of children under the age of 15 for this sport in 2002 and since then the country is phasing out people and replacing it with robots that's pretty cool now not only were they first to ban the use of children for jockeys but the city of Masdar is the first city in the world to have a zero carbon and zero waste and as a car-free city now keep in mind this is a planned city that's not fully developed they only have about six buildings this was initiated in 2006 with construction beginning in 2008 although it was estimated to have an eight years construction time its completion had to be pushed back to 2020 to 2025.
4 Due to the financial crisis however it still aims to be home to 40 to 50 thousand people in a total area of six kilometers and what's fascinating is they have their own self-driving rail cars that you can just go in and choose a destination and you can go wherever you want now the UAE as we know is home to the world's largest tower the Burj Khalifa.
5 Burj Khalifa we did talk about this in our Dubai video where it currently resides and in 2008 it became the world's tallest inhabited structure construction for the Burj Khalifa began on January 6 2004 and is officially opened on January 4th 2010 the entire building cost 1.6 billion u.s. dollars and from the bottom all the way to the top it comes in at two thousand seven hundred and twenty two feet tall with an observatory at 1,800 feet with 163 fours and only 150 for them being usable for space it has 57 elevators across its three million three hundred thirty one thousand one hundred square feet for area and we should also mention that this amazing piece of architecture was designed by an American.
6 American named Adrian Smith and was built by Mr properties now you wonder how does a country spend 1.6 billion dollars on a building well this is all due to the fact that the country has got a lot of what it reports from its government say that the United Arab Emirates has ninety eight point six three billion barrels in oil reserves and at the 2016 the country reported that it produced 3.1 million barrels a day Wow and because that it currently sits at third in the Middle East for oil production with the sack of oil fields being the fourth largest oil field in the entire world.
7 It stands at the second largest offshore oil field on the entire planet and out of all of that oil Abu Dhabi holds about 94 percent of that oil and speaking about Abu Dhabi for those who don't know it sits as capitol of the country not only is it the center of government but it accounts for two-thirds of the entire country's economy.
8 It's one of the biggest having a population of 1 million one hundred forty five thousand people and consider we're talking about economy the currency of the country is called a durum and they come in ranges of 5 10 20 50 100 200 500 and even a thousand now moving away from human achievement and economy one of the most interesting things about the UAE.
9 UAE is its landscape unfortunately the country currently does not have any UNSC Ozone's but however it does have 16 conservation zones and 7 structures on the tentative list for example the AL Vidya mosque which is the oldest mosque in the entire country and it's estimated that it was built in the 15th century being built from mud and stone however that is just us looking a tiny bit at the United Arab Emirates.
10 United Arab Emirates a country that has a lot of history and is filled with rich culture and plateless a Volvo guys it's always interesting to learn about new places around the world and yes of course keep requesting further countries further people and further places for us to talk about but nevertheless the UAE aims to be a different culture in the Middle East one that has many people from all around the world and many different backgrounds coming together to create history the UAE is home to big cities like Abu Dhabi and Dubai home to the most beautiful and impressive structures for it is a place where the people struggle under the beating Sun of life to get through their days this is the mighty country people and culture of the United Arab Emirates the Oasis risen from the desert of history thanks for watching guys be sure to subscribe.
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