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Tuesday, November 21, 2006

Qatar general information

So what's this country, where is it ???...
Let's answer of few of these questions.

Qatar (Arabic: قطر), officially the State of Qatar (Arabic: دولة قطر , Dawlat Qatar), is an emirate in the Middle East and Western Asia, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeasterly coast of the larger Arabian Peninsula. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the south; otherwise the Persian Gulf surrounds the state.

Capital City
Doha

Area
11,400 sq km
4,402 sq miles

Population
800,000

Time Zone
GMT/UTC +3 ()

Languages
Arabic (official)
English (other)
Urdu (other)

Religion
Islam

Currency
Qatari Riyal (QR)

Country Dialing Code
974

Government Type
traditional monarchy

Government Leaders
- Abdullah bin Khalifa al-Thani
Prime Minister (head of government)
- Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani
Emir (head of state)

That's for the basic information.
You can read more about the history of Qatar from the link in this post's title.

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