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    Qatar is a small peninsula located in the Persian Gulf near Saudi Arabia. It has been ruled as an absolute monarchy by the Al Thani family since the 19th century. Qatar has become extremely wealthy due to its large oil and natural gas reserves, which have enabled rapid economic growth and made Qatar one of the richest countries per capita. While the economy was traditionally based on fishing and pearling, it is now heavily dependent on natural gas and oil industries, which contribute over half of GDP.

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    Qatar is a small peninsula located in the Persian Gulf near Saudi Arabia. It has been ruled as an absolute monarchy by the Al Thani family since the 19th century. Qatar has become extremely wealthy due to its large oil and natural gas reserves, which have enabled rapid economic growth and made Qatar one of the richest countries per capita. While the economy was traditionally based on fishing and pearling, it is now heavily dependent on natural gas and oil industries, which contribute over half of GDP.

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    Qatar is a small peninsula located in the Persian Gulf near Saudi Arabia. It has been ruled as an absolute monarchy by the Al Thani family since the 19th century. Qatar has become extremely wealthy due to its large oil and natural gas reserves, which have enabled rapid economic growth and made Qatar one of the richest countries per capita. While the economy was traditionally based on fishing and pearling, it is now heavily dependent on natural gas and oil industries, which contribute over half of GDP.

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    QATAR

    Qatar (pronounced KAH-ter) also known as the country or State of Qatar or locally Dawlat Qaar, is a sovereign Arab state, located in the Middle East, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeasterly coast of the much larger Arabian Peninsula. Its sole land border is with Saudi Arabia to the south, with the rest of its territory surrounded by the Persian Gulf. A strait of the Persian Gulf separates Qatar from the nearby island state of Bahrain. The country is mainly barren. The Qatari peninsula juts 100 miles (161 km) north into the Persian Gulf from Saudi Arabia. It lies between latitudes 24 and 27 N, and longitudes 50 and 52 E. Much of the country consists of a low, barren plain, covered with sand. To the southeast lies the spectacular Khor al Adaid (Inland Sea), an area of rolling sand dunes surrounding an inlet of the Persian Gulf. There are mild winters and very hot, humid summers. The highest point in Qatar is Qurayn Abu al Bawl at 103 metres (338 ft) in the Jebel Dukhan to the west, a range of low limestone outcroppings running north-south from Zikrit through Umm Bab to the southern border. The Jebel Dukhan area also contains Qatars main onshore oil deposits, while the natural gas fields lie offshore, to the northwest of the peninsula. Qatar has been ruled as an absolute monarchy by the Al Thani family since the mid19th century. Formerly a British protectorate noted mainly for pearling, it became independent in 1971, and has become one of the region's wealthiest states due to its enormous oil and natural gas revenues. In 1995, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani became Emir when he seized power from his father, Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani, in a peaceful coup d'tat.[7] The most important positions in Qatar are held by the members of the Al Thani family, or close confidants of the al- Thani family. Beginning in 1992, Qatar has built intimate military ties with the United States, and is now the location of U.S. Central Commands Forward Headquarters and the Combined Air Operations Center. Emir: Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani (1995) Prime Minister: Sheik Hamad bin Jassem al Thani (2007) Total area: 4,416 sq mi (11,437 sq km) Population (2010 est.): 840,926 (growth rate: 0.9%); birth rate: 15.5/1000; infant mortality rate: 12.2/1000; life expectancy: 75.5; density per sq mi: 214 Capital (2003 est.): Doha, 550,700 (metro. area), 318,500 (city proper) Monetary unit: Qatari riyal Islam is the predominant religion. In March 2008, a Roman Catholic Church, Our Lady of the Rosary, was consecrated in Doha. No missionaries were allowed in the community. The church will have no bells, crosses or other Christian symbols on it and its premises. The economic growth of Qatar has been almost exclusively based on its petrol and natural gas industry, which began in 1940. The country has experienced rapid growth over the last several years due to high oil prices, and in 2008 posted its eighth consecutive budget surplus. Economic policy is focused on developing Qatar's non-associated natural gas reserves and increasing private and foreign investment in non-energy sectors, but oil and gas still account for more than 50% of GDP; roughly 85% of export earnings, and 70% of government revenues. Oil and gas have made Qatar one of the highest per-capita income countries, and one of the world's fastest growing. The World Fact book states that Qatar has the second-highest GDP per capita in the world, after Liechtenstein. Proved oil reserves of 15 billion barrels should enable continued output at current levels for 37 years. Qatar's proved reserves of natural gas are nearly 26 trillion cubic metres, about 14% of the world total and the third largest in the world. Before the discovery of oil, the economy of the Qatari region focused on fishing and pearl hunting.

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