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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:9.5 million
Population density:113 per km2
GDP per capita:US$ 44,313*
GDP at market prices:

US$ 421,142 million*

* Source: OPEC Annual Statistical Bulletin 2020

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, Advisor and Governor of UAE to the OPEC Fund, Ministry of Finance

OPEC Fund Alternate Governing Board Representative:

Hammad Essa Al-Zaabi, Director, Minister's Office and Alternate Governor to UAE for the OPEC Fund

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