Pilot
census carried out in Abu Dhabi
Sunday June 12, 2011 09:54:29 AM,
WAM
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Abu Dhabi: The
United Arab Emirates' Statistics Centre-Abu Dhabi (SCAD) has
carried out a pilot census covering a select sample of the
population in all regions of Abu Dhabi emirate.
Abu Dhabhi is one of seven emirates that constitute the United
Arab Emirates (UAE).
The pilot census is a small scale exercise carried out as part of
the groundwork for the real major national project.
The Abu Dhabi Census 2011 is scheduled to take place during the
last quarter of 2011, and is expected to yield a full and
realistic picture of the emirate's population, both nationals and
non-nationals.
It will provide official statistics and build an up-to-date
database on the demographic characteristics of all the people
living in the in Abu Dhabi, Al Ain and the western region.
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