Arab League
The Arab League (Arabic: الجامعة العربية al-Jāmiʻa al-ʻArabiyya), offeecially cried the League o Arab States (Arabic: جامعة الدول العربية Jāmiʻat ad-Duwal al-ʻArabiyya), is a regional organisation o Arab states in North an Northeast Africae, an Soothwast Asie (Middle East). It wis formit in Cairo on 22 Mairch 1945 wi sax members: Egypt, Iraq, Transjordan (renamit Jordan in 1949), Lebanon, Saudi Arabie, an Sirie. Yemen joined as a member on 5 Mey 1945. The Arab League currently haes 21 members an fower observers. The main goal o the league is tae "draw closer the relations atween member States an co-ordinate collaboration atween them, tae safeguard their unthirldom an sovereignty, an tae consider in a general way the affairs an interests o the Arab kintras."[3]
League o Arab States جامعة الدول العربية Jāmiʻat ad-Duwal al-ʻArabīyah | |
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Admeenistrative centre | Cairo, Egyp a |
Offeecial leids | |
Demonym(s) | Arabs |
Teep | Regional organisation |
Members | |
Leaders | |
Ahmed Aboul Gheit | |
Ali Al-Daqbaashi | |
Lebanon | |
Legislatur | Arab Pairlament |
Establishment | |
22 Mairch 1945 | |
Aurie | |
• Tot aurie | 13,132,327 km2 (5,070,420 sq mi) |
Population | |
• 2015 estimate | 423,000,000[2] |
• Density | 27.17/km2 (70.4/sq mi) |
GDP (PPP) | 2016 estimate |
• Total | $6.484 trillion (4t) |
• Per capita | $9,347 |
GDP (nominal) | 2011 estimate |
• Tot | $3.526 trillion |
• Per capita | $4,239 |
Currency | 21
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Time zone | UTC+0 tae +4 |
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References
eedit- Notes
- Footnotes
- ↑ Syria suspended from Arab League, The Guardian
- ↑ tot population 450 million, CIA Factbook estimates an Arab population o 533 million, see airticle text.
- ↑ "Pact of the League of Arab States, 22 March 1945". The Avalon Project. Yale Law School. 1998. Archived frae the original on 25 Julie 2008. Retrieved 15 Julie 2012. Unknown parameter
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