Qatar
Qatar (Arabic: قطر local pronunciation: ), 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, an the first or seicont 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 |
• Prime Meenister | Khalid bin Khalifa |
| Legislatur | Consultative Assembly |
| Establishment | |
• Qatar Naitional Day | 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 (142nt) |
• 2010 census | 1,699,435 (148t) |
• Density | 176/km2 (455.8/sq mi) (76t) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2014 estimate |
• Total | $214.575 billion |
• Per capita | $96,993 (1st) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2014 estimate |
• Tot | $213.784 billion |
• Per capita | $96,635 (2nt) |
| Gini (2007) | 41.1 medium |
| HDI (2013) |  0.851verra heich · 31st |
| Currency | Riyal (QAR) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (AST) |
| Drivin side | right |
| Cawin code | +974 |
| ISO 3166 code | QA |
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