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To: tejek who wrote (276304)	2/23/2006 3:54:37 PM
From: Elroy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1588331

Well I've been here for 5 years and have met one Iranian. That's how I get 1%. And your population numbers forgot Philippinoes who make up ~20% of the population. It makes the other numbers not work out. And the 2.4 million population estimate is way off, the numbers I've heard lately are closer to 4 million. So I don't know, there may be a lot of Iranians in Dubai, but it's news to me. They don't hang out in the Irish pubs, I guess. And I got the sound working, gotta make sure all the wires are connected. -------------------------- en.wikipedia.org Demographics Main article: Demographics of the United Arab Emirates The UAE's population of 4.041 million (2003) includes more than 3.23 million non nationals. Indeed, around 50% of the population is South Asian, with the remainder being Emirati, Arab, European and East Asian. Some of the natives are originally of Persian and Indian subcontinent descent. Muslims make up about 96% of the population and the other 4% are mostly Christians, Hindus and Buddhists. Arabic is the country's official language and is used in the government and bureaucracy, while English is increasingly important commercially and as the lingua franca for non-Arab expatriates. Around 90% of the population can read and write (2005 estimate). I still think you are way high on your estimate or Iranians here.