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UAE

The UAE's own citizens make up only about 11% of its people. The rest have come to live and work in cities such as Dubai, most of them from South Asia and the Middle East.

Where its story happens

Dubai, at 25.20°N, 55.27°E. It's the place the game marks on the globe once the country is found. See it on a map.

Five things to know about the UAE

In Geodar these are the five clues to this country, and it counts as one of the easy countries. The game asks the hardest clue first. Here the easiest comes first.

  1. Where it is. It's the United Arab Emirates (UAE), on the Gulf coast of Arabia, between Saudi Arabia and Oman. See the UAE on a map.
  2. The Burj Khalifa, more than 800 metres tall, stands in its biggest city, Dubai.
  3. It is a union of seven small states, each with its own ruling family. Abu Dhabi is the capital.
  4. In 2021 its Hope probe went into orbit around Mars, making it the first Arab country to reach the planet.
  5. Only about one in nine of the people who live in this country are its own citizens.

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