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Can you really ski in Dubai?

In the tiny State ot Dubai on the Arabian Peninsula, there is a massive indoor ski resort, where visitors can ski on real snów even when the temperaturę is 104°F (40°C) outside. Dubai is one ot the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) —a federation of seven States, each one ruled by its own independent emir, or prince.

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Qatar sits on the single largest reservoir of natural gas in the

world. The gas field is half the size of the entire country.

Gulf States

01: Countries: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates

02: Largest country:

Saudi Arabia 899,766 sq miles (2,331,000 sq km)

03: Smallest country:

Bahrain 262 sq miles (678 sq km)

04: Biggest city: Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)— population 5.1 million

05: Language: Arabie

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Every year, two million people visit

the holy city of Mecca

in Saudi Arabia to make the Muslim

pilgrimage known as the hajj.

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United Arab Emirates

A The United Arab iibf Emirates (U.A.E.) was created in 1971.

It is a federation of ■BI seven smali emirates (kingdoms): Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm al-Qaiwain, Ras al-Khaimah, and Fujairah.

Abu Dhabi, the Capital tiijBi of the U.A.E. has a population of 930,000.

A* Locals account for JHU only 18 percent of the population. The largest group are temporary migrant workers from

south Asia.

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