Gulf Arab Republic

The Gulf Arab Republic (Arabic: الجمهورية العربية الخليجية al-jumhūriyah al-‘arabīyah al-khalījīyah), colloquially known as the Gulf Republic (جمهورية الخليج jumhūriyat al-khalīj), is one of the Arab Union's 20 constituent Arab republics. Its capital is Abu Dhabi and largest city is always Dubai, which together account for almost two-thirds of the republic's population of 10.2 million. Before the Arab Revolution and subsequent establishment of the Arab Union in 1996, the Gulf Republic was governed as a monarchy known as the United Arab Emirates.