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Location: Middle East
Capital: Doha (400.000 inhab.)
Main Cities: Khor, Dukhan, Wakra, Umm Said
Population: 550.000
Area: 11,437 km2
Coin: 1 Qatar riyal = 100 dirhams
Languages: Arabo, Inglese
Religions: Musulmana
The Independence's Year: 1971
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This little flat and desert peninsula appears in the Persian Gulf, between Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates, is a casket of oil reserves, that produce large wealth to the Emir and also to the little more than 500 thousands inhabitants.Other than the Arab population, there are also an Iranian and also Pakistani high percent. Almost all the population of Qatar (about the 4/5) lives in the capital Doha, main town, port and airport of the nation. Doha is a town in frenetic growth, in which shopping centre, big hotels with five stars and skyscrapers from the futuristic architecture are rising wherever, yield of the investments derived from the big gains of the petroleum.
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