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See all on Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QatarQatar , officially the State of Qatar, is a country in Western Asia. It occupies the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, and shares its sole land border with neighbouring Gulf Cooperation Council monarchy Saudi Arabia to the south, with the rest of its territory
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See morePliny the Elder, a Roman writer, documented the earliest account pertaining to the inhabitants of the peninsula around the mid-first century AD, referring to them as the Catharrei, a designation which may
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Qatar is officially a semi-constitutional monarchy, but the wide powers retained by the monarchy have it still bordering an absolute monarchy ruled by the Al Thani family. The Al Thani dynasty has been ruling Qatar since the family house was established in 1825. In
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See moreBefore the discovery of oil, the economy of the Qatari region focused on fishing and pearl hunting. A report prepared by local governors of Ottoman Empire in 1892 states that total income
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See moreThe number of people in Qatar fluctuates considerably depending on the season, since the country relies heavily on migrant labour. In early 2017,
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Human habitation of Qatar dates back to 50,000 years ago. Settlements and tools dating back to the...
See moreThe Qatari peninsula protrudes 160 kilometres (100 mi) into the Persian Gulf, north of Saudi Arabia. It lies between latitudes 24° and 27° N, and longitudes 50° and 52° E. Most of the country consists of a low, barren plain, covered with sand. To the southeast lies the
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See moreQatar's culture is similar to other countries in Eastern Arabia, being significantly influenced by Islam. Qatar National Day, hosted annually on 18
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- Sharia law is the main source of Qatari legislation according to Qatar's Constitution. In practice, Qatar's legal system is a mixture of civil law and Sharia law. Sharia law is applied to laws pertaining to family law, inheritance, and several criminal acts (including adultery, robbery and murder). In some cases in Sharia-based family courts, a fem...
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Catar (en árabe clásico: قطر AFI: [ˈqɑtˁɑr]; Árabe del Golfo [ɡɪtˤɑr]), oficialmente Estado de Qatar (en árabe, دولة قطر; transliterado Dawlat Qaṭar), escrito Qatar según la nomenclatura de la ONU, es un Estado soberano árabe ubicado en el oeste de Asia y que ocupa la pequeña península de Catar en el este de la península arábiga. Tiene una única frontera terrestre, por el sur con Arabia Sau…
Wikipedia · Text under CC-BY-SA license- Bandera: Emblema nacional
- Idiomas oficiales: Árabe
- Gentilicio: Catarí
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- Paleolithic Age
In 1961, a Danish archaeological expedition carried out on the peninsula uncovered approximately 30,000 stone implements from 122 paleolithic sites. Most of the sites were situated along the coastline, and were divided into four separate cultural groups based on flint typology. Macrolithi… - Neolithic period
Al Da'asa, a settlement located on the northeast coast of Qatar, is the most extensive Ubaid site in the country. It was excavated by a Danish team in 1961. The site is theorized to have accommodated a small seasonal encampment, possibly a lodging for a hunting-fishing-gatherin…
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- Qatar is a peninsula in the east of Arabia, bordering the Persian Gulf and Saudi Arabia, in a strategic location near major petroleum deposits. The state of Qatar occupies 11,437 km2 on a peninsula that extends approximately to 160 km north into the Persian Gulf from the Arabian Peninsula. Varying in width between 55 and 90 km, the land is mainly f...
- Area: Ranked 164th
- Region: Middle East
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Qatar (în arabă: قطر Qatar), cu denumirea oficială Statul Qatar (arabă: دولة قطر, transliterat ca Dawlat Qatar) oficial Statul Qatar, este o țară situată în Asia de Vest, care ocupă mica peninsulă Qatar de pe coasta de nord-est a Peninsulei Arabică. Singura sa frontieră terestră este cu monarhia vecină în Consiliului de Cooperare al Golfului (CCG) Arabia Saudită la ...
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Qatar ; pronunciado em árabe: [ˈqɑtˤɑr], pronunciado coloquialmente: [ɡɪtˤɑr]) é um país árabe, conhecido oficialmente como um emirado do Oriente Médio, ocupando a pequena Península do Catar na costa nordeste da Península Arábica. Faz fronteira com a Arábia Saudita ao sul, e o Golfo Pérsico envolve o resto do país.
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Qatar Airways Company Q.C.S.C. (Arabic: القطرية, al-Qaṭariya), operating as Qatar Airways, is the state-owned flag carrier airline of Qatar. Headquartered in the Qatar Airways Tower in Doha, the airline operates a hub-and-spoke network, flying to over 150 international destinations across Africa, Asia, Europe, the Americas, and Oceania from its base at Hamad International Airport ...
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Doha (Arabic: الدوحة, romanized: ad-Dawḥa or ad-Dōḥa) is the capital of Qatar, and has more people than the rest of Qatar combined, with a population of 2,382,000 in 2018. The city is located on the coast of the Persian Gulf in the east of the country, north of Al Wakrah and south of Al Khor.It is Qatar's fastest growing city, with over 80% of the nation's population living in Doha ...
