The United Arab Emirates, a federation of 7 emirates, is situated at the Arabian Peninsula in Southwest Asia on the Persian Gulf. It is bordered by Oman to the East and Saudi Arabia to the southwest and surrounded by the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf in the northeast and north. The country ranks 39 in the world i..
The Emirate of Sharjah (Arabic: الشارقة ash-shaariqah) extends along approximately 16 kilometres of the United Arab Emirates's Persian Gulf coastline and for more than 80 kilometres into the interior. The emirate covers 1,003 square miles (2,600 km²)
The total population is 636,000 (2003).
Sharjah is the third largest emirate in the United Arab Emirates, and is the only one to have land on both the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. Sharjah is ruled by His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan al-Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council of the UAE and Sheikh of Sharjah.