Gregory's Server9/ A bigger, longer-running, and regional dispute is about the body of water the Strait of Hormuz leads to.
Known historically as "the Persian Gulf", many Arab countries feel the name should be "the Arabian Gulf" or even just "the Gulf"
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 11/ That's it for our look at the #geoweirdness of the UAE π¦πͺ We have many more threads about specific countries, border disputes, geocoding, etc on our blog. |
10/ Speaking of the Gulf, the UAE π¦πͺ is a member of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) together with π§ππ°πΌπ΄π²πΆπ¦πΈπ¦.
The GCC is a regional grouping with the goal of closer economic ties like a customs union and common market (along the lines of the EU πͺπΊ in Europe).
At one point a shared currency, to be called the Khaleeji, was envisioned, but this has stalled since the financial crisis of 2008.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khaleeji_(currency)
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