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Emirates of the United Arab Emirates
إمارات دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة (Arabic)
Emirates of the United Arab Emirates; إمارات دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة (Arabic)
	Abu Dhabi Ajman Dubai Fujairah RAK Sharjah UAQ Qatar Saudi Arabia Oman Persian; Gulf Gulf of; Oman
Category	Federated state
Location	United Arab Emirates
Number	7 Emirates
Populations	72,000 (Umm Al Quwain) – 4,177,059 (Dubai)
Areas	260 km2 (100 sq mi) (Ajman) – 67,000 km2 (26,000 sq mi) (Abu Dhabi)
Government	Emirate government;
Subdivisions	Regions, Municipalities, Counties;

The United Arab Emirates consists of seven emirates (Arabic: إمارات ʾimārāt; singular: إمارة ʾimārah), which were historically known as the Trucial States.^[1] All emirates are founding members of the union, apart from Ras Al Khaima which joined two months after the rest. There is almost always full freedom of movement between the different emirates of the UAE (an example of an exception is that during the COVID-19 pandemic, for instance, there were limitations of movement between the various emirates).^[2]

Statistics of the seven emirates
Emirate	Arabic name	Date joined the UAE	Capital	Population (2015)^[4]^[5]	% of total population	Area (km²)^[4]	Area (sq mi)	% of total area	Density (people / km²)
Abu Dhabi	أبو ظبي ʾAbū dhabī	2 December 1971	Abu Dhabi	2,784,490	26.3%	67,340	26,000	80.55%	41.35
Ajman	عجمان ʿAjmān	2 December 1971	Ajman	504,846	4.8%	259	100	0.31%	1,949.21
Dubai	دبي Dubai	2 December 1971	Dubai	4,177,059	39.5%	4,114	1,590	4.65%	1,075.18
Fujairah	الفجيرة Al-Fujayrah	2 December 1971	Fujairah	256,256	2.4%	1,450	560	1.39%	219.96
Ras Al Khaimah	رأس الخيمة Raʾs al-khaimah	10 February 1972	Ras Al Khaimah	416,600	3.9%	1,684	650	2.01%	247.39
Sharjah	الشارقة Aš-Šāriqah	2 December 1971	Sharjah	2,374,132	22.4%	2,590	1,000	3.10%	916.65
Umm Al Quwain	أم القيوين ʾUmm Al-Qaywayn	2 December 1971	Umm Al Quwain	72,000	0.7%	720	280	0.93%	92.66