What is the official currency used in the United Arab Emirates?
The official currency in Dubai is named Dirham (or United Arab Emirates Dirham; AED). It is not the currency of Dubai only, but also other emirates including Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Fujairah, Sharjah, Ras al-Khaimah and Umm al-Qaiwain.
The Dirham (AED) is abbreviated as DH or Dhs and the symbol is د.إ.
It is subdivided into 100 fils (فلس). Its coins are 25, 50 fils, 1 dirham and the banknotes are 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 500, 1000 dirhams.
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Diding Otico
Easy one
Janice Fish
Good question
Douglas Oaten
At least I knew that after being there a number of times...
ninakamwene
Lucky guess
Rob Farr
A good one ... and I appreciate the trick element in using a word associated with the area like Riyadh ... very clever.
Noreen Kelly
Guessed and I struck it right .The only one I knew was the Rhydah (sp.)
Joseph A. Robitaille
Good question and answer.
George Oliver Prince
Suspect there's gonna be a lot of guessing on this one
Tom Seigo
Wild lucky guess!
Chris Farquhar
Been there