Arab League

League of Arab States
جامعة الدول العربية
*Jāmiʻat ad-Duwal al-ʻArabiyya*
League of Arab States جامعة الدول العربية; Jāmiʻat ad-Duwal al-ʻArabiyya;
	Flag Emblem
Administrative center	Cairoa
Official languages	Arabic;
Membership	22 members Algeria ; Bahrain ; Comoros ; Djibouti ; Egypt ; Iraq ; Jordan ; Kuwait ; Lebanon ; Libya ; Mauritania ; Morocco ; Oman ; Palestine ; Qatar ; Saudi Arabia ; Somalia ; Sudan ; Syria b ; Tunisia ; United Arab Emirates ; Yemen ;
Leaders
• Arab League Secretariat	Ahmed Aboul Gheit
• Arab Parliament	Ali Al-Daqbaashi
• Council Presidency	Lebanon
Legislature	Arab Parliament
Establishment
• Alexandria Protocol	22 March 1945
Area
• Total area	13,333,296 km2 (5,148,014 sq mi)
Population
• 2012 estimate	400,652,486
• Density	24.33/km2 (63.0/sq mi)
GDP (PPP)	2011 estimate
• Total	$4.766 trillion
• Per capita	$11895
GDP (nominal)	2011 estimate
• Total	[source?]
• Per capita	[source?]
Currency	21 currencies (ISO 4217 in brackets) ; (DZB) Algerian dinar ; (BHD) Bahraini dinar ; (KMF) Comorian franc ; (DJF) Djiboutian franc ; (EGP) Egyptian pound ; (IQD) Iraqi dinar ; (JOD) Jordanian dinar ; (KWD) Kuwaiti dinar ; (LBP) Lebanese pound ; (LYD) Libyan dinar ; (MRO) Mauritanian ouguiya ; (MAD) Moroccan dirham ; (OMR) Omani rial ; (QAR) Qatari riyal ; (SAR) Saudi riyal ; (SOS) Somali shilling ; (SDD) Sudanese pound ; (SYP) Syrian pound ; (TND) Tunisian dinar ; (AED) UAE dirham ; (YER) Yemeni rial ;
Time zone	UTC+0 to +4
	Website; www.lasportal.org
	From 1979 to 1989, Tunis, Tunisia.; Reinstated on May 7, 2023.;

The Arab League is an organization made up of countries in the Arab world in Northern Africa and Southwest Asia. Most, though not all of these countries use Arabic as their official language. The purpose is to find ways for the countries to have unity and to work together to solve their problems.

↑ MENAFN (28 December 2009). "Qatar, UAE, wealthiest Arab states". Archived from the original on 26 May 2011. Retrieved 26 July 2010.

[1] MENAFN (28 December 2009). "Qatar, UAE, wealthiest Arab states". Archived from the original on 26 May 2011. Retrieved 26 July 2010.

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League of Arab States جامعة الدول العربية Jāmiʻat ad-Duwal al-ʻArabiyya
Flag Emblem

Administrative center	Cairo^a
Official languages	Arabic
Membership	22 members Algeria Bahrain Comoros Djibouti Egypt Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Libya Mauritania Morocco Oman Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia Somalia Sudan Syria ^b Tunisia United Arab Emirates Yemen
Leaders

• Arab League Secretariat	Ahmed Aboul Gheit
• Arab Parliament	Ali Al-Daqbaashi
• Council Presidency	Lebanon

Legislature	Arab Parliament
Establishment

• Alexandria Protocol	22 March 1945

Area
• Total area	13,333,296 km² (5,148,014 sq mi)
Population
• 2012 estimate	400,652,486
• Density	24.33/km² (63.0/sq mi)
GDP (PPP)	2011 estimate
• Total	$4.766 trillion^[1]
• Per capita	$11895
GDP (nominal)	2011 estimate
• Total	^[source?]
• Per capita	^[source?]
Currency	21 currencies (ISO 4217 in brackets) (DZB) Algerian dinar (BHD) Bahraini dinar (KMF) Comorian franc (DJF) Djiboutian franc (EGP) Egyptian pound (IQD) Iraqi dinar (JOD) Jordanian dinar (KWD) Kuwaiti dinar (LBP) Lebanese pound (LYD) Libyan dinar (MRO) Mauritanian ouguiya (MAD) Moroccan dirham (OMR) Omani rial (QAR) Qatari riyal (SAR) Saudi riyal (SOS) Somali shilling (SDD) Sudanese pound (SYP) Syrian pound (TND) Tunisian dinar (AED) UAE dirham (YER) Yemeni rial
Time zone	UTC+0 to +4
Website www.lasportal.org
From 1979 to 1989, Tunis, Tunisia. Reinstated on May 7, 2023.