Dubai and Sharjah are part of the same metro area, as shown by the above map. Dubai has about 1.7 million residents, and Sharjah has about 1.2 million, totalling 2.9 million in the area. At a nominal GDP/person of $67,000, the area's total GDP is about $194 billion.
Update: Dubai has a GDP of about 306 billion dirhams (source). Sharjah has a GDP of about 72 billion dirhams (source). So the total is about 378 billion. At the rate of 3.6725/dollar that comes out to $US 103 billion.
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