Qatar

State o Qatar
دولة قطر
Doulah Qatar


Banner	Emblem

Location o Qatar

Offeecial leid

Arabic

Caipital

Doha

Lairgest ceety

caipital

Govrenment

Heid o State -
Prime Meenister -

Area

11,437 km²

Population

1,696,563

Foondin

Frae the Unitit Kinrick
September 3, 1971

Siller

Riyal (QAR)

Time zone

CET+3

Naitional anthem

As Salam al Amiri

Naitional flouer

Patron saunt

Internet TLD

.qa

Cawin code

974

Qatar (Arabic: قطر‎ [ˈqɑtˁɑr]; Inglis pronunciation: /kəˈtɑr/ kə-tar;^[1]^[2] local pronunciation: [ɡitˁar]^[3]), kent offeecially as the State o Qatar or locally Dawlat Qaṭar, is an Arab kintra, kent officially as an emirate, in the Middle East, occupyin the sma Qatar Peninsulae on the northeasterly coast o the muckle lairger Arabian Peninsulae. It is bordered bi Saudi Arabie tae the sooth; itherwise, the Persian Gulf surroonds the state. A strait o the Persian Gulf separates Qatar frae the nearby island naition o Bahrain. Qatar is an oil- an gas-rich nation, wi the third lairgest gas reserves,^[4] and the first^[5] or seicont^[6] hichtest GDP per capita in the warld. An absolute monarchy, Qatar haes been ruled bi the al-Thani family since the mid-19t century an haes since transformed itself frae a Breetish protectorate notit mainly for pearlin intae an independent state wi significant oil an natural gas revenues.

Notes [edit]

↑ CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Speech.cs.cmu.edu. Retrieved on 28 Mairch 2010. .
↑ Koerner, Brendan I (Dec. 3, 2002). How Do You Pronounce "Qatar"?. Slate. "The most accurate English estimate is something halfway between 'cutter' and 'gutter.' It's not 'KUH-tar,' the pronunciation that has become the standard among overseas TV and radio newscasters."
↑ 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. 04 April 2009 www.brillonline.nl
↑ https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2179rank.html
↑ World Economic Outlook Database-April 2010, International Monetary Fund. Retrieved April 21, 2010.
↑ Middle East :: Qatar. CIA World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved on 12 August 2009. .

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