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State o Qatar


Dawlaṫ Qaṭar
👁 Location an extent o Qatar (dark green) on the Arabian Peninsula.
Location an extent o Qatar (dark green) on the Arabian Peninsula.
👁 Location o Qatar
CaipitalDoha
25°18′N 51°31′E / 25.300°N 51.517°E / 25.300; 51.517
Lairgest ceetycapital
OffeecialleidsArabic
Demonym(s)Qatari
GovrenmentUnitary pairlamentary constitutional monarchy
•Emir
Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani
Khalid bin Khalifa
LegislaturConsultative Assembly
Establishment
18 December 1878
•Declared Unthirldom

1 September 1971
•Unthirldom frae the Unitit Kinrick

3 September 1971
Aurie
•Total
11,571km2 (4,468sqmi)(164th)
•Water(%)
negligible
Population
•2014 estimate
2,155,446[1](142nt)
•2010census
1,699,435[2](148t)
•Density
176/km2 (455.8/sqmi)(76t)
GDP(PPP)2014estimate
•Total
$214.575 billion[3]
•Per capita
$96,993[3](1st)
GDP(nominal)2014estimate
•Tot
$213.784 billion[3]
•Per capita
$96,635[3](2nt)
Gini(2007)41.1[4]
medium
HDI(2013)👁 Steady
0.851[5]
verra heich·31st
CurrencyRiyal (QAR)
Time zoneUTC+3 (AST)
Drivin sideright
Cawin code+974
ISO 3166 codeQA
Internet TLD

Qatar (Arabic: قطر‎ [ˈqɑtˁɑr] local pronunciation: [ɡitˁar][6]), kent offeecially as the State o Qatar or locally Dawlat Qaṭar, is an Arab kintra, kent offeecially as an emirate, in the Middle East, occupeein the sma Qatar Peninsulae on the northeasterly strand o the muckle lairger Arabian Peninsulae. It is bordered bi Saudi Arabie soothle; itherwise, the Persian Gulf surroonds the state. A kyle o the Persian Gulf sinders Qatar frae the nearhaun island nàtion o Bahrain. Qatar is an ile- an gas-rich naition, wi the third lairgest gas reserves,[7] an the first[8] or seicont[9] heichest GDP per capita in the warld. An absolute monarchy, Qatar haes been ringit bi the al-Thani faimlie syne the mid-19t century an haes syne transformed itsel frae a Breetish protectorate notit mainly for pearlin intae an independent state wi significant ile an natural gas revenues.

References

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  1. ↑ "Population structure". Qatar Statistics Authority. 31 August 2013. Archived frae the original on 30 November 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
  2. ↑ "Populations". Qsa.gov.qa. Archived frae the original on 9 Julie 2010. Retrieved 2 October 2010.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Qatar". International Monetary Fund. Retrieved 20 Aprile 2012. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  4. ↑ "GINI index". World Bank. Retrieved 22 Januar 2013.
  5. ↑ "2014 Human Development Report Summary" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 2014. pp.21–25. Retrieved 27 Julie 2014.
  6. ↑ Johnstone, T.M. "Ķaṭar." Encyclopaedia of Islam. Edited by: P. Bearman , Th. Bianquis , C.E. Bosworth , E. van Donzel and W.P. Heinrichs. Brill, 2008. Brill Online. 4 Aprile 2009 www.brillonline.nl[deid airtin]
  7. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived frae the original on 9 Mairch 2013. Retrieved 5 November 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. ↑ World Economic Outlook Database-April 2010, International Monetary Fund. Retrieved 21 Aprile 2010.
  9. ↑ "Middle East:: Qatar". CIA World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. Archived frae the original on 24 December 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2009.
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