United Arab Emirates

This article is about the specific polity United Arab Emirates and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

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Is a country in the southeastern Arabian Peninsula. The United Arab Emirates become independent in 1971, succeeding the Trucial States, a group of states under British protection.

Establishment

December 1971: In 1968, the United Kingdom announced its intention to end its protectorate over the Trucial Coast. On 2 December 1971, Dubai, together with Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm Al Quwain and Fujairah joined in the Act of Union to form the United Arab Emirates.