1. UAE United Arab Emirates
By Alexa Melstrom
3/12/09
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2. Geography
The relative location of the UAE is middle east bordering Oman
The absolute location is N. and 5400 E
The physical location is a flat barren place with vast mountains in the east
The movement is motor vehicles

3. History They discovered oil in 1951
In 1971 Trucial states became independent from Britain and became the UAE
in 1980the British forced all of the states around the area in to a peace agreement

4. Economy The UAE is a fully developed over 97.8 of oil
78% of people have jobs
The average person makes 40,000 dollars a year
Over 50 % of people have cars
The life expectancy is 75 years
The GDP of the USA is 48,000 the GDP of the UAE is 40,000

5. Politics
They have foundation of 7 monarchies and from those 7 they pick one leader/president.
The president's name is Khalifia Bin Zaged Al Nanyoan

6. Culture The main religion that is celebrated there is Islam
The main langue that is spoken there is Arabic
The most common holiday is celebrated is ramondom
The clothing there is robes and turbines

7. Facts and figures Population growth rate is 4%
Life expectancy is for female78 male 75 years old
Literacy rate male 76 female 81
Population 4,621,399

8. Interesting information
People that live there get paid to live there
They became very rich in a really short period of time
The hijackers of the plane in 9/11 were citizens of the UAE
If your father is the president of the UAE and he dies the oldest son gets the thrown
The environmental issues of the UAE are is the lack of fresh water and desertification

9. Bibliography
Robert J. David M. Helgren and alison S. brooks. people places and change Austin Holt, Rinehart ,and Winston
World book kids feb.2009http://worldbookonline.com./kids/article?id=ar832043
Nasr.S.V.R. Islam Grolier multimedia encyclopedia <