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. Income Group Government Type Classification
Sovereignty Status Qatar
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Doha, Cities Doha is Qatar's capital.
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Bordered By Water
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Doha, Cities Doha is Qatar's capital.
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Tamim bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani (Arabic: تؘمؚيم بؚن حؘمؘد بؚن خَلِيفَة آل ثَانِي, romanized: Tamīm bin Ḥamad bin Khalīfa Āl Thānī; born 3 June 1980) is Emir of Qatar, reigning since 2013.
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Source Asma Al Thani (Wikipedia)Lead, nationalityQuote, Lead, nationality
is a Qatari mountaineer
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is a Qatari professional pool and snooker player
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Source Kamal El-Gargni (Wikipedia)Lead, nationality, nationalityQuote, Lead, nationality, nationality
In 2002, he started representing Qatar.
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Source Mashel Al Naimi (Wikipedia)Lead, nationalityQuote, Lead, nationality
is a Qatari motorcycle racer
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is a Qatari track and field athlete who competes in the high jump
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Source Rashed Nawaf (Wikipedia)Lead, nationalityQuote, Lead, nationality
is a Qatari professional padel player
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Source Waleed Majid (Wikipedia)Lead, nationalityQuote, Lead, nationality
is a Qatari professional pool player
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Source Zhu Chen (Wikipedia)Lead, nationalityQuote, Lead, nationality
is a Chinese and Qatari chess grandmaster
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Source Grand Prix motorcycle racing (Wikipedia)History, 2008Quote, History, 2008
2008: MotoGP runs its first night race in Qatar.
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Source Doha Tower, WikipediaLead sentence 1Quote, Lead sentence 1
Doha Tower, also known as Burj Doha (Arabic: برج الدوحة), and previously named as Burj Qatar and Doha High Rise Office Building, is a high rise tower in West Bay, Doha, Qatar.
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Hamad International Airport (Arabic: مطار حمد الدولي, Maṭār Ḥamad al-Duwalī; IATA: DOH, ICAO: OTHH) is an international airport in Qatar, and the home base of the national flag carrier airline, Qatar Airways.
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The National Museum of Qatar is a national museum in Doha, Qatar.
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Source QatarEnergy - WikipediaLead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia articleQuote, Lead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article
QatarEnergy (Arabic: قطر للطاقة) is the state-owned national petroleum and natural gas company of Qatar.
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Es'hailSat is a Qatar-based communications satellite operator.
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Supreme Court or Court of Cassation (consists of the court president and several judges)
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IUCN lists the following countries: Bahrain, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India (Andaman Is., Nicobar Is.), Indonesia, Iran Iraq, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Myanmar, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, and Vietnam.
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1. Member States of the United Nations (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationIntroductionQuote, Introduction
The United Nations comprise 193 sovereign states and the world's largest intergovernmental organization.
2. Qatar (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationInfobox
State of Qatar
Infobox, capital
Doha
Infobox, area
11,581 km2 (4,471 sq mi)
Infobox: population_estimate
3,214,609
Lead section
Following Ottoman rule, Qatar became a British protectorate in 1916 and gained independence in 1971.
Introduction
shares its sole land border with Saudi Arabia to the south
View the Source 3. CIA World Factbook (factbook.json archive): The World Factbook archive: Qatar
CIA World Factbook (factbook.json archive)Geography, Coastline
563 km
Government, Government type
absolute monarchy
View the Source 4. World Bank Open Data: World Bank Open Data, country list with income level
World Bank Open DataCountry record QAT, incomeLevelQuote, Country record QAT, incomeLevel
"name": "Qatar", "region": { "id": "MEA", "iso2code": "ZQ", "value": "Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan \u0026 Pakistan" }, "adminregion": { "id": "", "iso2code": "", "value": "" }, "incomeLevel": { "id": "HIC", "iso2code": "XD", "value": "High income" }
Wikidata: Qatar
Persian Gulf (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationBordered By Water: The Persian Gulf, Article textQuote, Bordered By Water: The Persian Gulf, Article text
Countries with a coastline on the Persian Gulf are (clockwise, from north): Iran; Oman's Musandam exclave; the United Arab Emirates; Saudi Arabia; Qatar, on a peninsula off the Saudi coast; Bahrain, an island nation; Kuwait; and Iraq in the northwest.
Doha (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation- Associated With: Doha, Lead section
Has Capital: Doha, Lead section, capital fact
Doha is the capital and largest city, and main financial hub of Qatar.
View the Source Arabian Peninsula (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: The Arabian Peninsula, Lead, countries listQuote, Associated With: The Arabian Peninsula, Lead, countries list
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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Encompasses: Al Reem Biosphere Reserve, Wikidata item, property P17 (country)View the Source Zubarah (Wikipedia)
Encompasses: Zubarah, LeadQuote, Encompasses: Zubarah, Lead
located on the northwestern coast of the Qatar peninsula in the Al Shamal municipality
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