Qatar
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.
State o Qatar دولة قطر Dawlaṫ Qaṭar | |
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 Location an extent o Qatar (dark green) on the Arabian Peninsula. | |
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| Caipital | Doha 25°18′N 51°31′E / 25.300°N 51.517°E |
| Lairgest ceety | capital |
| Offeecial leids | Arabic |
| Demonym(s) | Qatari |
| Govrenment | Unitary pairlamentary constitutional monarchy |
• Emir | Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani |
| Khalid bin Khalifa | |
| Legislatur | Consultative Assembly |
| Establishment | |
| 18 December 1878 | |
• Declared Unthirldom | 1 September 1971 |
• Unthirldom frae the Unitit Kinrick | 3 September 1971 |
| Aurie | |
• Total | 11,571 km2 (4,468 sq mi) (164th) |
• Water (%) | negligible |
| Population | |
• 2014 estimate | 2,155,446[1] (142nt) |
• 2010 census | 1,699,435[2] (148t) |
• Density | 176/km2 (455.8/sq mi) (76t) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2014 estimate |
• Total | $214.575 billion[3] |
• Per capita | $96,993[3] (1st) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2014 estimate |
• Tot | $213.784 billion[3] |
• Per capita | $96,635[3] (2nt) |
| Gini (2007) | 41.1[4] medium |
| HDI (2013) |  0.851[5]verra heich · 31st |
| Currency | Riyal (QAR) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (AST) |
| Drivin side | right |
| Cawin code | +974 |
| ISO 3166 code | QA |
| Internet TLD | |
References
eedit- ↑ "Population structure". Qatar Statistics Authority. 31 August 2013. Archived frae the original on 30 November 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
- ↑ "Populations". Qsa.gov.qa. Archived frae the original on 9 Julie 2010. Retrieved 2 October 2010.
- ↑ a b c d "Qatar". International Monetary Fund. Retrieved 20 Apryle 2012.
- ↑ "GINI index". World Bank. Retrieved 22 Januar 2013.
- ↑ "2014 Human Development Report Summary" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 2014. pp. 21–25. Retrieved 27 Julie 2014.
- ↑ 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[deid airtin]
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived frae the original on 9 Mairch 2013. Retrieved 5 November 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ↑ World Economic Outlook Database-April 2010, International Monetary Fund. Retrieved April 21, 2010.
- ↑ "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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