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Official Name |
Qatar (دولة قطر)
Dawlat Qatar, Dawla means country |
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Capital City |
Doha (Ad Dawhah) (Doha's Population is around 1,400,000) |
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Area |
11,437 Square
km and is 1/3rd the size of Belgium |
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Other Main
Cities |
Al Wakra, Al
Rayyan, Al Khor, Dukhan, Masaieed, Ras Laffan, Al Shamal,
Umm Salal Mohammed |
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Independence
Day |
September 3rd, 1971 |
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National Day |
December
18th |
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Coins in
Circulation |
QAR0.50 (Fifty
Dirhams) and QAR0.25 (25 Dirhams). There are smaller coins
but, they are rarely used. |
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Exchange Rate |
Fixed at $1 =
QAR3.65 |
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Language |
Arabic (however English is widely spoken) |
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Rainfall |
Slight,
averaging at 60mm a year. (Oct and March are the rainy
months) |
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Temperature |
Summer 27 - 45
Celsius; Winter 9 - 25 Celsius. |
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Climate |
Qatar has a
tpyical desert climate. (Hot humid summers and cooler
winters) |
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Local Time |
UTC (GMT) +3
(Qatar does not have 'daylight saving' summer and winter
times |
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Electricity &
Water |
240 volts with
a frequency of 50 hertz. All tap water is safe to drink |
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Religion |
Islam (however all religions are practiced) |
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Location |
A small peninsula above Saudi Arabia, to the east of Bahrain and West of Dubai |
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Population |
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GDP |
2006
estimate |
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July 2008
est. |
1,407,000 |
Total |
$30.76
billion |
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2004
census |
744,029 |
Per
capita |
$31,397 |
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Density |
140/km²
(192/sq mi) |
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Currency |
Riyal (QAR) |
Dialling code |
+974 |
Qatar is
divided into ten
municipalities (Arabic:
baladiyah), also occasionally translated
as
governorates or
provinces:
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