UAE at a Glance - UAE Interact
UAE at a Glance - UAE Interact
UAE at a Glance - UAE Interact
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FACTFILE<br />
<strong>UAE</strong> AT A GL ANCE 2008 @ www.uaeinteract.com/factfile<br />
FACTFILE<br />
AGRICULTURE & FISHERIES<br />
The Government provides significant technical, financial and physical assistance to farmers who are<br />
faced with considerable challenges in terms of high temper<strong>at</strong>ures, poor soil quality, high salinity and<br />
restricted freshw<strong>at</strong>er availability. Much has been achieved despite these difficulties.<br />
Contribution to GDP: Dh12.24 billion<br />
Cultiv<strong>at</strong>ed areas: 260,000 hectares, 3.1% of total territory<br />
Number of d<strong>at</strong>e palms: over 40 million<br />
Products: D<strong>at</strong>es, green fodder, vegetables and fruit; livestock, poultry, eggs, dairy products; fish<br />
Fishing fleet: 5191<br />
Fishermen: 17,264<br />
Estim<strong>at</strong>ed c<strong>at</strong>ch: 97,574 tons<br />
INFRASTRUCTURE<br />
Urban areas, tourism projects and industrial districts are being built on an unprecedented scale and<br />
corresponding investment is taking place in housing, road and rail networks, airports and ports,<br />
telecommunic<strong>at</strong>ions, electricity and w<strong>at</strong>er facilities, hospitals and schools. To d<strong>at</strong>e, the Government has<br />
invested heavily in infrastructure development, but it has also opened up its utilities and other<br />
infrastructure to gre<strong>at</strong>er priv<strong>at</strong>e sector involvement, so much so th<strong>at</strong> public-priv<strong>at</strong>e partnerships are now<br />
the norm.<br />
Telecommunic<strong>at</strong>ions: thriving deregul<strong>at</strong>ed market, modern fibre-optic integr<strong>at</strong>ed services; digital<br />
network with high use of mobile phones<br />
Intern<strong>at</strong>ional country code: 971<br />
Internet country code: ae<br />
Fixed line subscribers (2007): 1.3 million<br />
Mobile phone subscribers (2007): 7.3 million<br />
Internet subscribers (2007): 800,000<br />
Ports: 15 in total, including the following major ports: Mina Zayed, Jebel Ali, Mina Rashid,<br />
Fujairah, Khor Fakkan, Mina Saqr, Sharjah. Abu Dhabi is building a major new facility with<br />
accompanying industrial zone, Khalifa Port, <strong>at</strong> Taweelah<br />
Intern<strong>at</strong>ional Airports: six in total with a seventh (Al Maktoum Intern<strong>at</strong>ional Airport) under<br />
construction near Jebel Ali, Dubai<br />
Total installed electricity gener<strong>at</strong>ing capacity (2006): 16,670 MW<br />
Projected installed electricity gener<strong>at</strong>ing capacity (2010): 26,000 MW<br />
Annual electricity demand growth: 12%<br />
W<strong>at</strong>er consumption (2007): 3.2 billion cubic metres
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