Flag of the Arab League
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Arab League headquarters
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Cairo, Egypt (Tunis, Tunisia 1979-1989)
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Largest cities
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Alexandria, Baghdad, Cairo, Casablanca, Damascus, Khartoum
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Member states
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22
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Official language
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Arabic
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Presidencies
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Council of AL
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Sudan
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Arab Parliament
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Nabih Berri
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History
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Formation of League of Arab States - Signed - Enforced
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Alexandria Protocol - March 22, 1945 -
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Statistics
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Area - Total
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2nd if ranked
13,763,193 km²
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Population - Total (2006) - Density
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3rd if ranked
319,473,779 115.6 people/km² 299.4 people/sq mi
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GDP (PPP, 2005) - Total - Per capital
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10th if ranked
$1,564,789 million
$7,890
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Other information
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Currencies
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Algerian dinar (DZB)
Bahraini dinar (BHD)
Comorian franc (KMF)
Djiboutian franc (DJF)
Egyptian pound (EGP)
Iraqi dinar (IQD)
Jordanian dinar (JD)
Kuwaiti dinar (KWD)
Lebanese livre (LL) (LBP)
Libyan dinar (LYD)
Mauritanian ouguiya (MRO)
Moroccan dirham (MAD)
Omani rial (OMR)
Qatari riyal (QAR)
Saudi riyal (SAR)
Somali shilling (SOS)
Sudanese pound (SDD)
Syrian pound (SYP)
Tunisian dinar (TND)
United Arab Emirates dirham (AED)
Yemeni rial (YER)
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Time zone
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UTC 0 to +4
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Calling codes
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Not standardized
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Official Website
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http://Arableagueonline.org/
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