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"total": {
"text": "1,066 km"
},
"border countries (2)": {
"border countries": {
"text": "Oman 609 km, Saudi Arabia 457 km"
}
},
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"text": "Muslim (Islam; official) 76%, Christian 9%, other (primarily Hindu and Buddhist, less than 5% of the population consists of Parsi, Baha'i, Druze, Sikh, Ahmadi, Ismaili, Dawoodi Bohra Muslim, and Jewish) 15%",
"note": {
"text": "represents the total population; about 85% of the population consists of noncitizens (2005 est.)"
},
"religious affiliation": {
"text": null
}
},
"Population": {
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"International law organization participation": {
"text": "has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; non-party state to the ICCt"
},
"Citizenship": {
"birthright citizenship": {
"text": ""
},
"dual citizenship recognized": {
"text": "no"
},
"residency requirement for naturalization": {
"text": ""
}
},
"Suffrage": {
"text": "limited; note - rulers of the seven emirates each select a proportion of voters for the Federal National Council (FNC) that together account for about 12 percent of Emirati citizens"
},
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"text": "Council of Ministers appointed by the president"
},
"elections/appointments": {
"text": "president and vice president elected by the FSC for a 5-year term (no term limits) from among the 7 FSC members; election last held 3 November 2004 upon the death of the UAE's Founding Father and first President ZAYID bin Sultan Al Nuhayyan (next election NA); prime minister and deputy prime minister appointed by the president"
"text": "president and vice president indirectly elected by the Federal Supreme Council - composed of the rulers of the 7 emirates - for a 5-year term (no term limits); election last held 3 November 2009 (next election NA); prime minister and deputy prime minister appointed by the president"
},
"election results": {
"text": "KHALIFA bin Zayid Al-Nuhayyan elected president by unanimous FSC vote; MUHAMMAD bin Rashid Al-Maktum unanimously affirmed vice president after the 2006 death of his brother Sheikh MAKTUM bin Rashid Al-Maktum"
"text": "KHALIFA bin Zayid Al-Nuhayyan reelected president; FSC vote NA"
},
"note": {
"text": "there is also a Federal Supreme Council (FSC) composed of the seven emirate rulers; the FSC is the highest constitutional authority in the UAE; establishes general policies and sanctions federal legislation; meets 4 times a year; Abu Zaby (Abu Dhabi) and Dubayy (Dubai) rulers have effective veto power"
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},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "unicameral Federal National Council or Majlis al-Ittihad al-Watani (40 seats; 20 members appointed by the rulers of the 7 constituent states and 20 indirectly elected by an electoral college of the constituent state councils; members serve 4-year terms)"
"text": "unicameral Federal National Council or Majlis al-Ittihad al-Watani (40 seats; 20 members appointed by the rulers of the 7 constituent states and 20 indirectly elected by an electoral college whose members are selected by each emirate ruler proportional to its FNC membership; members serve 4-year terms)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "last held on 24 September 2011 (next to be held on 3 October 2015); note - the electoral college was expanded from 6,689 voters in the December 2006 election to 129,274 in the September 2011 election; elections for candidates rather than party lists; 469 candidates including 85 women ran for 20 contested FNC seats"
"text": "last held on 3 October 2015 (next to be held in 2019); note - the electoral college was expanded from 129,274 electors in the December 2011 election to 224,279 in the October 2015 election; elections for candidates rather than political parties; 347 candidates including 78 women ran for 20 contested FNC seats"
},
"election results": {
"text": "elected seats by emirate - Abu Dhabi 4, Dubai 4, Sharjah 3, Ras al-Khaimah 3, Ajman 2, Fujairah 2, Umm al-Quwain 2; note - number of appointed seats for each emirate are same as elected seats"
"text": "elected FNC seats by emirate - Abu Dhabi 4, Dubai 4, Sharjah 3, Ras al-Khaimah 3, Ajman 2, Fujairah 2, Umm al-Quwain 2; note - only 1 woman (from Ras Al Khaimah) won an FNC seat"
}
},
"Judicial branch": {
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}
},
"Political parties and leaders": {
"text": "none; political parties are not allowed"
"text": "none; political parties are banned"
},
"Political pressure groups and leaders": {
"text": "NA"
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},
"Energy": {
"Electricity - production": {
"text": "97.91 billion kWh (2011 est.)"
"text": "100.5 billion kWh (2012 est.)"
},
"Electricity - consumption": {
"text": "82.52 billion kWh (2011 est.)"
"text": "93.28 billion kWh (2012 est.)"
},
"Electricity - exports": {
"text": "8.147 billion kWh (2011 est.)"
"text": "0 kWh (2013 est.)"
},
"Electricity - imports": {
"text": "0 kWh (2011 est.)"
"text": "0 kWh (2013 est.)"
},
"Electricity - installed generating capacity": {
"text": "26.14 million kW (2011 est.)"
"text": "27.23 million kW (2012 est.)"
},
"Electricity - from fossil fuels": {
"text": "100% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)"
"text": "99.8% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
},
"Electricity - from nuclear fuels": {
"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)"
"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
},
"Electricity - from hydroelectric plants": {
"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)"
"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
},
"Electricity - from other renewable sources": {
"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)"
"text": "0.2% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
},
"Crude oil - production": {
"text": "2.8 million bbl/day (2013 est.)"
"text": "2.82 million bbl/day (2014 est.)"
},
"Crude oil - exports": {
"text": "2.5 million bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
"Crude oil - imports": {
"text": "0 bbl/day (2010 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
},
"Crude oil - proved reserves": {
"text": "97.8 billion bbl (1 January 2014 est.)"
"text": "97.8 billion bbl (1 January 2015 est.)"
},
"Refined petroleum products - production": {
"text": "371,500 bbl/day (2010 est.)"
"text": "487,000 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
},
"Refined petroleum products - consumption": {
"text": "698,000 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
"text": "694,000 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
"Refined petroleum products - exports": {
"text": "382,300 bbl/day (2010 est.)"
"text": "364,500 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
},
"Refined petroleum products - imports": {
"text": "351,400 bbl/day (2010 est.)"
"text": "341,700 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - production": {
"text": "52.5 billion cu m (2012 est.)"
"text": "54.6 billion cu m (2013 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - consumption": {
"text": "63.29 billion cu m (2012 est.)"
"text": "66.69 billion cu m (2013 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - exports": {
"text": "7.955 billion cu m (2012 est.)"
"text": "7.4 billion cu m (2013 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - imports": {
"text": "18.75 billion cu m (2012 est.)"
"text": "19.49 billion cu m (2013 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - proved reserves": {
"text": "6.089 trillion cu m (1 January 2014 est.)"