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United Arab Emirates
Falconer training a Peregrine Falcon outside Dubai, UAE.
Facts and figures
| Official country name: | United Arab Emirates |
| National capital: | Abu Dhabi |
| Location: | In the east of the Arabian peninsula, bordering Saudi Arabia to the west and south, and Oman to the east. |
| Area: | 84,000 km2 |
| Population: | 10.1 million |
| Population density: | 119 per km2 |
| GDP per capita: | US$ 40,859* |
| GDP at market prices: | US$ 414,179 million* |
* Source: OPEC Annual Statistical Bulletin 2019
OPEC Fund Ministerial Council Member:
HH Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, Minister of Finance and Industry, Ministry of Finance and Industry;
Obaid H. Al-Tayer, Minister of State for Finance, Ministry of Finance
OPEC Fund Governing Board Representative:
Majed A. Omran, Director of International Financial Relations Dept. and Governor of UAE to the OPEC Fund, Ministry of Finance
OPEC Fund Alternate Governing Board Representative:
Hammad Al-Zaabi, Director, Minister's Office and Alternate Governor to UAE for the OPEC Fund