Territorial change
Open on the mapUnited Arab Emirates → United Arab Emirates (unification)
1972 · United Arab Emirates
What the records say
- When
- 1972
- Kind
- Territorial change
- Where
- United Arab Emirates
- Coordinates
- 23.47° N, 54.55° E
- Process
- unification
- Type
- Unification (new entity from 2+ pre-existing)
- Pop
- 24482
- Area km2
- 1690
Placed at the country: the source names no closer place.
United Arab Emirates
Country in West Asia
The United Arab Emirates (UAE), also known simply as the Emirates, is a country in West Asia, situated at the eastern end of the Arabian Peninsula. It is a federal semi-constitutional monarchy made up of seven emirates, with Abu Dhabi serving as its national capital. The UAE borders Oman to the east and northeast, and Saudi Arabia to the south and southwest.
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The source
- COW Territorial Change v6Correlates of War ProjectCorrelates of War: free use with citation
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