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The United Arab Emirates Air Force ( UAEAF) ( Arabic: القوات الجوية والدفاع الجوي الاماراتي, romanized : al-Quwwāt al-Jawiyah wa al-Defa' al-Jawiy al-ʾImārāty) is the air force of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), part of the United Arab Emirates Armed Forces. Its predecessor was established in 1968, when the ...
The Union Defence Force was established officially as the military of the United Arab Emirates on 27 December 1971 from a directive issued by Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan. [ 8] As the Union Defence Force, every emirate was responsible for the equipment and training of its defense forces. In the event of an attack on any one of the seven emirates ...
The United Arab Emirates Navy ( UAEN) is the naval branch of the United Arab Emirates Armed Forces. It is small force of about 3,000 personnel. [ 1] It maintains 12 well-equipped coastal patrol boats and eight missile boats . Although primarily concerned with coastal defense, the Navy is constructing a six-unit class of blue water corvettes in ...
Abu Dhabi Central Capital District, officially "Abu Dhabi Region" (Arabic: مِنْطَقَة أَبُو ظَبِي, romanized: Minṭaqat Abū Ẓabī), [4] [5] [6] also called "Abu Dhabi Metropolitan Area", [1] [2] [3] is the municipal region in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi that contains the city of Abu Dhabi, distinct from the Eastern and Western municipal regions of the Emirate.
Time in the United Arab Emirates. UTC+04:00 time zone (blue) United Arab Emirates Standard Time or UAE Standard Time is the time zone for the UAE. It is given by Gulf Standard Time, being 4 hours ahead of GMT / UTC ( UTC+04:00) and is co-linear with neighbouring Oman. The UAE does not change clocks for daylight saving time.
Abu Dhabi is located in the far west and southwest part of the United Arab Emirates along the southern coast of the Persian Gulf between latitudes 22°40' and around 25° north and longitudes 51° and around 56° east. [ 21] It borders the emirate of Dubai and emirate of Sharjah to its north.
Dubai Mall (originally known as The Dubai Mall until 2023) ( Arabic: دبي مول "Dubai Mall") is a shopping mall in Dubai. The largest mall in Dubai, it is the largest mall in the world by total land area and the 26th-largest shopping mall in the world by gross leasable area, with a total retail floor area of 350,000 m 2 (3,800,000 sq ft).
The city is the seat of the Abu Dhabi Central Capital District, the capital city of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, and the UAE's second-most populous city after Dubai. Abu Dhabi is located on an island in the Persian Gulf, off the Central West Coast. Most of the city and the Emirate reside on the mainland connected to the rest of the country.