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) | ![]() verra heich · 31st |
Currency | Riyal (QAR) |
Time zone | UTC+3 (AST) |
Drivin side | right |
Cawin code | +974 |
ISO 3166 code | QA |
Internet TLD |
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.