United Arab Emirates Administrative Divisions / الإمارات

Overview

Item	Details
Emirate	7
City	107
Coordinates	✅ Included (all levels)
Formats	JSON, NDJSON, CSV
License	CC-BY-4.0
Last Updated	2026-06-07
Website	openadmindata.org/ae
API	openadmindata.org/api/ae

Browse by Emirate

#	Emirate	Citys	Link
1	أبوظبى (Abu Dhabi)	29	Browse
2	دبى (Dubai)	33	Browse
3	الشارقة (Sharjah)	10	Browse
4	عجمان (Ajman)	3	Browse
5	أم القيوين (Umm Al Quwain)	5	Browse
6	رأس الخيمة (Ras Al Khaimah)	18	Browse
7	الفجيرة (Fujairah)	9	Browse

Data Files

File	Format	Description
all-emirate.json	JSON	All 7 emirate records
all-city.json	JSON	All 107 city records
all-flat.json	JSON	Levels 1-1 flat array
all-flat.ndjson	NDJSON	Streaming format
all-flat.csv	CSV	Spreadsheet format
hierarchy.json	JSON	Nested tree
schema.json	JSON Schema	Data schema

Quick Start

Python

import json

with open("data/all-emirate.json", "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
    data = json.load(f)

for r in data:
    print(f"{r['name']['local']} ({r['name']['en']}) — {r['children_count']['city']} citys")

JavaScript

import { readFileSync } from "fs";

const data = JSON.parse(readFileSync("data/all-emirate.json", "utf-8"));
console.log(`Total: ${data.length} emirates`);

Schema

Field	Type	Description
id	string	Unique identifier
level	integer	1=emirate, 2=city
level_name	object	Level label (local + English)
name.local	string	Name in local script
name.en	string	English name
name.slug	string	URL-safe slug
parent	object/null	Parent division reference
ancestors	array	Full ancestor chain
children_count	object	Count of children per level
zip_codes	array	Postal codes (where available)
geo.lat	string	Latitude (WGS84)
geo.lon	string	Longitude (WGS84)

Full schema: data/schema.json

Hierarchy Browse

divisions/{emirate-slug}/

Citys are listed inline in each emirate's README.

AI Integration

• llms.txt — Quick reference for AI agents
• llms-full.txt — Summary with per-emirate links
• Per-emirate data — Full data by emirate

Citation

United Arab Emirates Administrative Divisions Dataset (CC-BY-4.0)
URL: https://github.com/open-admin-data/united-arab-emirates-administrative-divisions

See CITATION.cff for machine-readable citation.

License

• Data: CC-BY-4.0

Related

• Open Admin Data — Browse, search and explore administrative divisions for every country
• open-admin-data — GitHub organization with all country repos
• ListBase — Structured reference data for every country