Qatar Country Info - Asia

Description and Basic Information

Qatar with its capital Doha is located in Asia (Middle East, peninsula bordering the Persian Gulf and Saudi Arabia). It covers some 11,438 square kilometres (slightly smaller than Connecticut) with 928,000 citizens. Arabic and Spanish are the some of the languages spoken by the majority in Qatar. Saudi Arabia is a bordering country.

Qatar is a peninsula jutting into the Persian Gulf, to the north of Saudi Arabia, East of Bahrain and West of the Emirates.The country is surrounded by the sea so watersports are a must. Kite-surfing is increasingly popular for the westerners while the locals prefer driving jet-skis at high speed next to the beaches. Safari tours to the desert with dune-bashing in Landcruisers are popular. Visit the collection of widely scattered malls around Doha and enjoy yourself.

Pictures from Capital (Doha)

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About Qatar

The terrain offers mostly flat and barren desert covered with loose sand and gravel. The average density of population is about 81 per km². The climate in Qatar can be described as arid with mild, pleasant winters, very hot, humid summers. Possible natural disasters include haze, dust storms, sandstorms common.

To reach someone in Qatar dial +974 prior to a number. There are 285,300 installed telephones. And there are 2,472,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 900, 1800 Mhz. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".qa". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 240V - 50Hz. The following list are the 10 regions/states in Qatar we know off.

Demographic Statistics

In the year 2010, the total Qatari population grew at a rate of 0.87% (or by 7,308 citizens). With 2,052 deaths and 13,068 babies born, the natural increase rate lies at 1.31%. -3,708 persons more in total emmigrated from the country than immigrated.

An overview of age distribution in Qatar: Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

Based on content from wikitravel.org. The original article can be found here based on the work of these users.
Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.