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Qatar
Also Known As State of Qatar
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Qatar is a country occupying a peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in West Asia, sharing its only land border with Saudi Arabia to the south and surrounded elsewhere by the Persian Gulf, with the Gulf of Bahrain separating it from nearby Bahrain. It gained independence from the United Kingdom on 3 September 1971. It is a unitary semi-constitutional monarchy. Its capital is Doha.
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Population2025 estimate, from Qatar's own Wikipedia infobox. The 2020 census recorded 2,846,118, and the article's own body text gives a 21 June 2026 count of 3,180,059, of whom about 3.02 million are foreign expatriates and migrant workers, the large majority of Qatar's population. Population Estimate Year Area (sq km) Independence or Founding YearQatar gained independence from the United Kingdom on 3 September 1971. Cross-Tradition Connections
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1. Qatar (Wikipedia)
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Doha
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11,581 km2 (4,471 sq mi)
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3,214,609
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3 September 1971
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shares its sole land border with Saudi Arabia to the south
Persian Gulf (Wikipedia)
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Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and Oman
Doha (Wikipedia)
Doha (Wikipedia)
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Doha is the capital and largest city, and main financial hub of Qatar.
Arabian Peninsula (Wikipedia)
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Nine countries are located on the Arabian Peninsula: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen, as well as the southern halves of Iraq and Jordan.
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