Qatar
One of the Arab countries located in the Arab East, as it is located geographically in the Arabian Gulf region in the Arabian Peninsula, and is bordered by the Kingdom of Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and its capital is the city of Doha, and its land area is 11.521 square kilometers, and it is a hereditary constitutional emirate It is administratively divided into seven municipalities.
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The word Qatar is taken from the Romanian language. It was mentioned as Kadara, Katara, and Katara. It was inhabited by humans in the Neolithic era between the year 8000 to the year 4000 BC. Among its islands are the Al-Ashat Islands, the Shirawa Islands, and the Halul Islands, and among its cities are the city of Umm Salas, and the city of Al-Rayyan, And the city of Al-Ghuwairiyah, and among its municipalities: the municipality of Doha, the municipality of Al-Shamal, the municipality of Al-Daayen, and the municipality of Al-Khor, and among the affiliations and memberships to which it belongs are the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the League of Arab States, the International Finance Corporation, and the International Center for Advisory Dispute Settlement.
the currency
Its official currency is the Qatari riyal, symbolized by QAR, and the riyal is one hundred dirhams. The currency was issued in the year 1966 AD on the eighteenth day of September and was known as the Qatari and Dubai riyals. Before this year, the currency in Qatar was linked to the pound sterling, such as the Gulf rupee and the Indian rupee.
In the year 1973 AD, the Qatari and Dubai riyals were withdrawn and the Qatari riyal currency was issued, because Dubai became a member of the Federation of the Arab Emirates, and among the categories of coins: twenty-five dirhams, and fifty dirhams, and among the categories of banknotes: one riyal, five riyals, ten riyals, and fifty riyals, And one hundred riyals, and five hundred riyals.
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Its population is 2.404.776 million people, according to the 2015 statistics. Arabic is the official language of the population, and most of the population adheres to the Islamic religion, with the presence of some other religions such as Christianity and Hinduism.
Economy
Its economy depends on: the agricultural sector and its most important agricultural products are fruits and vegetables, on animal products through the dairy and cheese industry, on the natural gas and oil extraction sector, on the industrial sector whose most important industries are the oil and petrochemical industries, on the fishing sector and marine organisms, and on the breeding sector livestock.
Tourist, archaeological and historical places
- Al-Zubara area, which is considered one of the most important archaeological areas in Qatar.
- The popular Souq Waqif, which takes place in downtown Doha.
- Khor Al Adaid, ninety-five kilometers from the capital.
- Museums such as: the Museum of Modern Art, the National Museum of Qatar, and the Museum of Islamic Art.
- Celine area, which is seventy kilometers from the capital city of Doha.
