ATLAS · NATIONAL CAPITALS · UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Capital of United Arab Emirates
The capital of United Arab Emirates is Abu Dhabi. The largest, Abu Dhabi, has around 1,570,000 residents in the city proper — a major capital. From Wikidata, snapshot 2026-06-23.
CAPITALAbu Dhabi
POPULATION1,570,000
NUMBER OF CAPITALS1
The capital
Abu Dhabi1,570,000 people
In context
Where Abu Dhabisits on the world’s scale of capital sizes — from the micro-capitals of a few hundred to the mega-capitals of over ten million.
10M+
5–10M
1–5MAbu Dhabi is here
250k–1M
50–250k
<50k
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