Filipinos in the United Arab Emirates Al Buraimi, Oman near the Oman/UAE border. Filipinos in the United Arab Emirates Filipinos in the United Arab Emirates are migrants or descendants of the Philippines living in the United Arab Emirates. 679,819 Filipinos live in the UAE, of which 450,000 live in Dubai, and they form 21.3% of the population of Dubai. Dubai is home to the largest population of Filipinos in the UAE, followed by Abu Dhabi and Al Ain. In 2007, Filipinos in the UAE sent more than US$500 million in remittances back to the Philippines. Filipinos in the United Arab Emirates are primarily migrant Overseas Filipino
Emirate states" arranged by location and in order of the date of the first leader styled "emir." Emirate An emirate is a political territory that is ruled by a dynastic Arabic or Islamic monarch styled emir. It also means "kingdom". Etymologically emirate or amirate ( ', plural: ') is the quality, dignity, office or territorial competence of any emir (prince, commander, governor etc.). In English, the term is pronounced or in British English and or in American English. The United Arab Emirates is a federal state that comprises seven federal emirates, each administered by a hereditary emir, these seven forming the