State
Qatar
country in West Asia
- This boundary
- 1870–1945
- Founded
- 1870
- Capital
- Doha
- Government
- constitutional monarchy
- Languages
- Arabic
Overview
Qatar, officially the State of Qatar, is a country in West Asia. It occupies the Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East; it shares its sole land border with Saudi Arabia to the south, with the rest of its territory surrounded by the Persian Gulf. The Gulf of Bahrain, an inlet of the Persian Gulf, separates Qatar from nearby Bahrain. The capital is Doha, home to over 80% of the country's inhabitants. Most of the land area is made up of flat, low-lying desert.
All rulers (5)
- Muhammad ibn Thani1851–1878
- Jassim bin Mohammed bin Thani1878–1913
- Ahmed bin Muhammed Al Thani1898–1905
- Mohammed bin Jassim Al Thani1913–1914
- Abdullah bin Jassim Al Thani1914–1949
Records (3)
- 1881–1893 — Qatari–Abu Dhabi WarWar
- 1889 — Battle of KhannourBattle
- 1893 — Battle of Al WajbahBattle
Facts from Wikidata (CC0), HCED (CC0) and Cliopatria (CC BY 4.0); overview excerpted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).