!!!United Arab Emirates: Geography
||Location|Middle East, bordering the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf, between Oman and Saudi Arabia
||Geographic Coordinates|24 00 N, 54 00 E[{GoogleMap location='24.0,54.0' zoom='4'}]
||Area |''total: ''83,600 sq km\\''land: ''83,600 sq km\\''water: ''0 sq km__\\''We are unable to verify those figures from Factbook, since the 6 main sources we used for checking give different figures as follows:\\[Factbook|https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook]: 83600\\ [DBpedia|http://dbpedia.org]: 83600\\ [Geoname|http://www.geonames.org]: 82880\\ [Infoplease|http://www.infoplease.com]: 83600\\ [Britannica|http://www.britannica.com]: 83600\\ [Wolfram|http://www.wolframalpha.com]: 83600''__\\__Attempted Explanation__: Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to [office@global-geography.org|mailto:office@global-geography.org]
||Land boundaries|''total: ''1,066 km\\''border countries: ''Oman 609 km, Saudi Arabia 457 km
||Coastline|1,318 km
||Elevation Extremes|''lowest point: ''Persian Gulf 0 m\\''highest point: ''Jabal Yibir 1,527 m
||Highest Mountains|__Due to difference in mountain rankings taken from two data sources we are listing here both lists :__\\ According to [Wolfram|http://www.wolframalpha.com]:  Jebel Yibir   1527   m;  Jebel Hafeet   1240   m\\According to [Geonames|http://www.geonames.org]: Jabal Bil Ays 1934 m; Jabal Yibir 1527 m; Jabal Qitab 1029 m\\ \\__Attempted Explanation:__ Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to [office@global-geography.org|mailto:office@global-geography.org] 
||Terrain|flat, barren coastal plain merging into rolling sand dunes of vast desert wasteland; mountains in east
||Natural Hazards|frequent sand and dust storms
||Natural Resource|petroleum, natural gas
||Land Use|''arable land: ''0.61%\\''permanent crops: ''0.5%\\''other: ''98.9% (2011)
||Climate|desert; cooler in eastern mountains
||Irrigated Land|920 sq km (2010)
||Renewable Water Resources|0.15 cu km (2011)
||Environment_CurrentIssues|lack of natural freshwater resources compensated by desalination plants; desertification; beach pollution from oil spills
||Environment - international agreements|''party to: ''Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection\\''signed, but not ratified: ''Law of the Sea
||Large Cities|__Due to difference in city rankings taken from two data sources we are listing here both lists :__\\According to [Wolfram|http://www.wolframalpha.com]: Dubai; Sharjah; Abu Dhabi; Al Ain; Ajman\\According to [Geonames|http://www.geonames.org]: Dubai; Abu Dhabi; Sharjah; Al Ain; Ajman\\\\\__Attempted Explanation:__ Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to [office@global-geography.org|mailto:office@global-geography.org] \\[Important Cities|Geography/Asia/United_Arab_Emirates/Geography/Important_Cities]
||Geography-note|strategic location along southern approaches to Strait of Hormuz, a vital transit point for world crude oil