nternet users:

2.3 million (2007)

Transportation
United Arab Emirates

Airports:

39 (2007)

Airports - with paved runways:

total: 22
over 3,047 m: 10
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 4
under 914 m: 3 (2007)

Airports - with unpaved runways:

total: 17
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 5
under 914 m: 5 (2007)

Heliports:

5 (2007)

Pipelines:

condensate 520 km; gas 2,908 km; liquid petroleum gas 300 km; oil
2,950 km; oil/gas/water 5 km; refined products 156 km (2007)

Roadways:

total: 4,080 km
paved: 4,080 km (includes 253 km of expressways) (2008)

Merchant marine:

total: 58
by type: bulk carrier 6, cargo 9, chemical tanker 4, container 8,
liquefied gas 1, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 24, roll
on/roll off 4, specialized tanker 1
foreign-owned: 14 (Denmark 1, Greece 3, Kuwait 10)
registered in other countries: 313 (Bahamas 23, Bahrain 1, Belize 5,
Cambodia 2, Comoros 7, Cyprus 9, Dominica 1, Georgia 1, Gibraltar 3,
Hong Kong 1, India 6, Indonesia 2, Iran 1, Jordan 13, North Korea 8,
Liberia 23, Malta 5, Marshall Islands 15, Mexico 1, Netherlands 5,
Panama 109, Papua New Guinea 6, Philippines 1, Saint Kitts and Nevis
18, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 9, Saudi Arabia 1, Sierra Leone
8, Singapore 12, Somalia 1, Turkey 1, UK 9, unknown 6) (2008)

Ports and terminals:

Mina' Zayid (Abu Dhabi), Al Fujayrah, Mina' Jabal 'Ali (Dubai),
Mina' Rashid (Dubai), Mina' Saqr (Ra's al Khaymah), Khawr Fakkan
(Sharjah)

Military
United Arab Emirates

Military branches:

United Arab Emirates Armed Forces: Army, Navy (includes Marines),
Air Force and Air Defense, National Coast Guard (2008)

Military service age and obligation:

18 years of age (est.) for voluntary military service; 18 years of
age for officers and women; no conscription (2008)

Manpower available for military service:

males age 16-49: 2,405,884 (includes non-nationals)
females age 16-49: 884,853 (2008 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:

males age 16-49: 2,004,558
females age 16-49: 760,637 (2008 est.)

Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:

male: 25,856
female: 23,085 (2008 est.)

Military expenditures:

3.1% of GDP (2005 est.)

Transnational Issues
United Arab Emirates

Disputes - international:

boundary agreement was signed and ratified with Oman in 2003 for
entire