Practice Qatar

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Qatar

QA / QAT 25.3°, 51.2°

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People are called

Qatari

Driving side

Right

Calling code

+974

Capital

Doha

Population

2,639,211

Area

11,437 km2

Climate

Desert or arid

Government

Absolute monarchy

Currency

Qatari riyal

Languages

Arabic

Sells

natural gas, crude petroleum, refined petroleum, plastics

Sells to

China 18%, India 11%, S. Korea 10%

Land borders

1: Saudi Arabia

Drives on the

right

Calling code

+974

Founded

1971

Hemisphere

Northern

WHAT PEOPLE ARE CALLED

Qatari

These are English demonyms for people from Qatar. A demonym describes a connection to a place; it does not mean everyone shares an ethnicity, language or religion.

Demonym source: mledoze/countries · Download the attributed dataset (ODbL)

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SAME LAND, DIFFERENT WORLDS

Civilizations, flags & standards

Modern borders are a starting point for exploring the past. These cultures and states occupied some of the same land; they were not the same country. Dates describe each civilization or state as a whole, not continuous rule over every place listed.

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Turning points

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Religion: state & society

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Where it is

Languages

Share of the population that speaks each. Click one to see every country that speaks it.

Arabicofficial

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What it sells, and to whom

Every line is a thread: click a commodity or a partner to see who else trades in it.

Farms and fisheries

dates
chicken
tomatoes
camel milk
vegetables
cucumbers/gherkins

Largest cities

Doha capital	344,939
Ar Rayyān	272,465
Lusail	198,600
Al Maţār al ‘Atīq	76,774
Al Manşūrah	65,493

Wars and conflicts

Conflicts this country is attached to. Click one to see the others. Each says what kind of claim it is: a principal belligerent is hand-checked against the modern state that succeeded the power that fought, while a recorded participant comes from the bulk import, which does not separate combat from funding, basing, occupation or reconstruction. Neither list is complete, so a country missing from a war may still have taken part — which is why the quiz no longer asks who fought in what.