United Arab Emirates

The United Arab Emirates 🇦🇪 (Arabic: الإمارات العربية المتحدة, al-ʾImārāt al-ʿArabīyyah al-Muttaḥidah), also referred to as the Emirates or UAE, is a of  located at the northeast  along the southern. The capital is Abu Dhabi and the largest city is Dubai.

Statistics
The land area of the United Arab Emirates is 83,600 km2. As of 2020, the population of the Emirates is estimated to be 9,992,083, making it the in the world.

Apple in the United Arab Emirates
The first two Apple retail stores in United Arab Emirates and the were opened on October 29, 2015 at the  shopping complex in Dubai and at  in Abu Dhabi. In early 2020, all 3 stores in the Emirates were temporarily closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but reopened on June 8th. On February 25, 2022, a 4th store was opened at The Galleria on.