Thank you so much Sylvie for sending me my first cover from the United Arab Emirates. The United Arab Emirates (UAE; Arabic: دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة Dawlat al-ʾImārāt al-ʿArabīyyah al-Muttaḥidah), sometimes simply called the Emirates (Arabic: الإمارات al-ʾImārāt), is a country in Western Asia at the southeast end of the Arabian Peninsula on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman to the east and Saudi Arabia to the south, as well as sharing maritime borders with Qatar to the west and Iran to the north. The sovereign absolute monarchy is a federation of seven emirates consisting of Abu Dhabi (which serves as the capital), Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras Al Khaimah, Shajah and Umm Al Quwain. Each emirate is governed by a ruler; together, they jointly form the Federal Supreme Council. One of the rulers serves as the President of the United Arab Emirates. In 2013, the UAE's population was 9.2 million, of which 1.4 million are Emirati citizens and 7.8 million are expatriates.
Un grand merci à Sylvie la luxembourgeoise pour cette superbe lettre venue des Emirats arabes unis. C'est un pays très jeune, une fédération créée en 1971 composée de 7 émirats : Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Sharjah, Dubaï, Fujeira, Ras al-Khaimah et Umm al-Qaiwain. La capitale est la ville d'Abu Dhabi même si désormais la capitale économique est la ville de Dubaï. A noter qu'au début, Bahreïn et la Qatar ont fait partie de la fédération mais ont pris leur indépendance au bout de quelques mois.
Sylvie has had a very nice postcard depicting the major sites and traditions of the UAE :
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