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World Gazetteer Results for an-Naşrāniyah:
Namean-Naşrāniyah
Original Namesالنصرانيه
Geographical TypeLocality
Population670
Latitude
Longitude
CountryQatar
Administrative Divisional-Jumaylīyah
Dictionary Results for Qatar:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
Qatar
    n 1: an Arab country on the peninsula of Qatar; achieved
         independence from the United Kingdom in 1971; the economy
         is dominated by oil [syn: Qatar, State of Qatar,
         Katar, State of Katar]
    2: a peninsula extending northward from the Arabian mainland
       into the Persian Gulf [syn: Qatar, Qatar Peninsula,
       Katar, Katar Peninsula]

2. CIA World Factbook 2002
Qatar

   Introduction Qatar
   ------------------
                            Background: Ruled by the Al Thani family since
                                        the mid-1800s, Qatar transformed
                                        itself from a poor British
                                        protectorate noted mainly for
                                        pearling into an independent state
                                        with significant oil and natural gas
                                        revenues. During the late 1980s and
                                        early 1990s, the Qatari economy was
                                        crippled by a continuous siphoning
                                        off of petroleum revenues by the
                                        amir who had ruled the country since
                                        1972. He was overthrown by his son,
                                        the current Amir HAMAD bin Khalifa
                                        Al Thani, in a bloodless coup in
                                        1995. In 2001, Qatar resolved its
                                        longstanding border disputes with
                                        both Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. Oil
                                        and natural gas revenues enable
                                        Qatar to have a per capita income
                                        not far below the leading industrial
                                        countries of Western Europe.
  
   Geography Qatar
   ---------------
                              Location: Middle East, peninsula bordering the
                                        Persian Gulf and Saudi Arabia
                Geographic coordinates: 25 30 N, 51 15 E
                        Map references: Middle East
                                  Area: total: 11,437 sq km
                                        water: 0 sq km
                                        land: 11,437 sq km
                    Area - comparative: slightly smaller than Connecticut
                       Land boundaries: total: 60 km
                                        border countries: Saudi Arabia 60 km
                             Coastline: 563 km
                       Maritime claims: contiguous zone: 24 NM
                                        exclusive economic zone: as
                                        determined by bilateral agreements
                                        or the median line
                                        territorial sea: 12 NM
                               Climate: arid; mild, pleasant winters; very
                                        hot, humid summers
                               Terrain: mostly flat and barren desert
                                        covered with loose sand and gravel
                    Elevation extremes: lowest point: Persian Gulf 0 m
                                        highest point: Qurayn Abu al Bawl
                                        103 m
                     Natural resources: petroleum, natural gas, fish
                              Land use: arable land: 1.27%
                                        permanent crops: 0.27%
                                        other: 98.45% (1998 est.)
                        Irrigated land: 130 sq km (1998 est.)
                       Natural hazards: haze, dust storms, sandstorms common
          Environment - current issues: limited natural fresh water
                                        resources are increasing dependence
                                        on large-scale desalination
                                        facilities
            Environment - international party to: Biodiversity, Climate
                            agreements: Change, Desertification, Endangered
                                        Species, Hazardous Wastes, Ozone
                                        Layer Protection
                                        signed, but not ratified: Law of the
                                        Sea
                      Geography - note: strategic location in central
                                        Persian Gulf near major petroleum
                                        deposits
  
   People Qatar
   ------------
                            Population: 793,341 (July 2002 est.)
                         Age structure: 0-14 years: 25.2% (male 102,110;
                                        female 98,053)
                                        15-64 years: 72.1% (male 403,508;
                                        female 168,428)
                                        65 years and over: 2.7% (male
                                        15,299; female 5,943) (2002 est.)
                Population growth rate: 3.02% (2002 est.)
                            Birth rate: 15.78 births/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                            Death rate: 4.34 deaths/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                    Net migration rate: 18.75 migrant(s)/1,000 population
                                        (2002 est.)
                             Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
                                        under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
                                        15-64 years: 2.4 male(s)/female
                                        65 years and over: 2.57 male(s)/
                                        female
                                        total population: 1.91 male(s)/
                                        female (2002 est.)
                 Infant mortality rate: 20.73 deaths/1,000 live births (2002
                                        est.)
              Life expectancy at birth: total population: 72.88 years
                                        female: 75.48 years (2002 est.)
                                        male: 70.4 years
                  Total fertility rate: 3.1 children born/woman (2002 est.)
      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.09% (1999 est.)
     HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/ NA
                                  AIDS:
                     HIV/AIDS - deaths: NA
                           Nationality: noun: Qatari(s)
                                        adjective: Qatari
                         Ethnic groups: Arab 40%, Pakistani 18%, Indian 18%,
                                        Iranian 10%, other 14%
                             Religions: Muslim 95%
                             Languages: Arabic (official), English commonly
                                        used as a second language
                              Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read
                                        and write
                                        total population: 79%
                                        male: 79%
                                        female: 80% (1995 est.)
  
   Government Qatar
   ----------------
                          Country name: conventional long form: State of
                                        Qatar
                                        conventional short form: Qatar
                                        local short form: Qatar
                                        note: closest approximation of the
                                        native pronunciation falls between
                                        cutter and gutter, but not like
                                        guitar
                                        local long form: Dawlat Qatar
                       Government type: traditional monarchy
                               Capital: Doha
              Administrative divisions: 9 municipalities (baladiyat,
                                        singular - baladiyah); Ad Dawhah, Al
                                        Ghuwayriyah, Al Jumayliyah, Al
                                        Khawr, Al Wakrah, Ar Rayyan, Jarayan
                                        al Batinah, Madinat ash Shamal, Umm
                                        Salal
                          Independence: 3 September 1971 (from UK)
                      National holiday: Independence Day, 3 September (1971)
                          Constitution: provisional constitution enacted 19
                                        April 1972; in July 1999 Amir HAMAD
                                        issued a decree forming a committee
                                        to draft a permanent constitution
                          Legal system: discretionary system of law
                                        controlled by the amir, although
                                        civil codes are being implemented;
                                        Islamic law dominates family and
                                        personal matters
                              Suffrage: suffrage is limited to municipal
                                        elections
                      Executive branch: chief of state: Amir HAMAD bin
                                        Khalifa Al Thani (since 27 June 1995
                                        when, as crown prince, he ousted his
                                        father, Amir KHALIFA bin Hamad Al
                                        Thani, in a bloodless coup); Crown
                                        Prince JASSIM bin Hamad bin Khalifa
                                        Al Thani, third son of the monarch
                                        (selected crown prince by the
                                        monarch 22 October 1996); note -
                                        Amir HAMAD also holds the positions
                                        of minister of defense and
                                        commander-in-chief of the armed
                                        forces
                                        elections: none; the monarch is
                                        hereditary
                                        head of government: Prime Minister
                                        ABDALLAH bin Khalifa Al Thani,
                                        brother of the monarch (since 30
                                        October 1996); Deputy Prime Minister
                                        MUHAMMAD bin Khalifa Al Thani,
                                        brother of the monarch (since 20
                                        January 1998)
                                        cabinet: Council of Ministers
                                        appointed by the monarch
                                        note: in March 1999, Qatar held
                                        nationwide elections for a 29-member
                                        Central Municipal Council, which has
                                        consultative powers aimed at
                                        improving the provision of municipal
                                        services
                    Legislative branch: unicameral Advisory Council or
                                        Majlis al-Shura (35 seats; members
                                        appointed)
                                        note: the constitution calls for
                                        elections for part of this
                                        consultative body, but no elections
                                        have been held since 1970, when
                                        there were partial elections to the
                                        body; Council members have had their
                                        terms extended every four years
                                        since
                       Judicial branch: Court of Appeal
         Political parties and leaders: none
          Political pressure groups and none
                               leaders:
             International organization ABEDA, AFESD, AL, AMF, CCC, ESCWA,
                         participation: FAO, G-77, GCC, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO,
                                        ICC, ICRM, IDB, IFAD, IFRCS, IHO
                                        (pending member), ILO, IMF, IMO,
                                        Interpol, IOC, ISO (correspondent),
                                        ITU, NAM, OAPEC, OIC, OPCW, OPEC,
                                        UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WHO,
                                        WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO
   Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Badr
                                        Umar al-DAFA
                                        chancery: 4200 Wisconsin Avenue NW,
                                        Washington, DC 20016
                                        consulate(s) general: Houston
                                        FAX: [1] (202) 237-0061
                                        telephone: [1] (202) 274-1600
     Diplomatic representation from the chief of mission: Ambassador Maureen
                                    US: E. QUINN (since September 2001)
                                        embassy: Al-Luqtas District, 22
                                        February Road, Doha
                                        mailing address: P. O. Box 2399,
                                        Doha
                                        telephone: [974] 488 4101
                                        FAX: [974] 486 1669
                                        note: workweek is Saturday-Wednesday
                      Flag description: maroon with a broad white serrated
                                        band (nine white points) on the
                                        hoist side
  
   Economy Qatar
   -------------
                    Economy - overview: Oil accounts for more than 30% of
                                        GDP, roughly 80% of export earnings,
                                        and 58% of government revenues.
                                        Proved oil reserves of 3.7 billion
                                        barrels should ensure continued
                                        output at current levels for 23
                                        years. Oil has given Qatar a per
                                        capita GDP comparable to that of the
                                        leading West European industrial
                                        countries. Qatar's proved reserves
                                        of natural gas exceed 7 trillion
                                        cubic meters, more than 5% of the
                                        world total, third largest in the
                                        world. Production and export of
                                        natural gas are becoming
                                        increasingly important. Long-term
                                        goals feature the development of
                                        offshore natural gas reserves. In
                                        2000, Qatar posted its highest ever
                                        trade surplus of $7 billion, due
                                        mainly to high oil prices and
                                        increased natural gas exports, and
                                        managed to maintain the surplus in
                                        2001.
                                   GDP: purchasing power parity - $16.3
                                        billion (2001 est.)
                GDP - real growth rate: 5.6% (2001 est.)
                      GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $21,200
                                        (2001 est.)
           GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 1%
                                        industry: 49%
                                        services: 50% (1996 est.)
         Population below poverty line: NA%
     Household income or consumption by lowest 10%: NA%
                      percentage share: highest 10%: NA%
      Inflation rate (consumer prices): 2% (2001)
                           Labor force: 280,122 (1997 est.)
                     Unemployment rate: 2.7% (2001)
                                Budget: revenues: $5 billion
                                        expenditures: $4.8 billion,
                                        including capital expenditures of
                                        $900 million (FY01/02 est.)
                            Industries: crude oil production and refining,
                                        fertilizers, petrochemicals, steel
                                        reinforcing bars, cement
     Industrial production growth rate: NA%
              Electricity - production: 9.2 billion kWh (2000)
    Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 100%
                                        hydro: 0%
                                        other: 0% (2000)
                                        nuclear: 0%
             Electricity - consumption: 8.556 billion kWh (2000)
                 Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (2000)
                 Electricity - imports: 0 kWh (2000)
                Agriculture - products: fruits, vegetables; poultry, dairy
                                        products, beef; fish
                               Exports: $11 billion (f.o.b., 2001 est.)
                 Exports - commodities: petroleum products 80%, fertilizers,
                                        steel
                    Exports - partners: Japan 43%, Singapore 8%, South Korea
                                        6%, US 4%, UAE 2% (1999)
                               Imports: $3.5 billion (f.o.b., 2001 est.)
                 Imports - commodities: machinery and transport equipment,
                                        food, chemicals
                    Imports - partners: UK 10%, Japan 8%, Germany 6%, Italy
                                        6%, US 6% (1998)
                       Debt - external: $13.1 billion (2000 est.)
              Economic aid - recipient: $NA
                              Currency: Qatari rial (QAR)
                         Currency code: QAR
                        Exchange rates: Qatari rials per US dollar - 3.6400
                                        (fixed rate)
                           Fiscal year: 1 April - 31 March
  
   Communications Qatar
   --------------------
        Telephones - main lines in use: 142,000 (1997)
          Telephones - mobile cellular: 43,476 (1997)
                      Telephone system: general assessment: modern system
                                        centered in Doha
                                        domestic: NA
                                        international: tropospheric scatter
                                        to Bahrain; microwave radio relay to
                                        Saudi Arabia and UAE; submarine
                                        cable to Bahrain and UAE; satellite
                                        earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1
                                        Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean)
                                        and 1 Arabsat
              Radio broadcast stations: AM 6, FM 5, shortwave 1 (1998)
                                Radios: 256,000 (1997)
         Television broadcast stations: 1 (plus three repeaters) (2001)
                           Televisions: 230,000 (1997)
                 Internet country code: .qa
     Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 1 (2000)
                        Internet users: 75,000 (2001)
  
   Transportation Qatar
   --------------------
                              Railways: 0 km
                              Highways: total: 1,230 km
                                        paved: 1,107 km
                                        unpaved: 123 km (1996)
                             Waterways: none
                             Pipelines: crude oil 235 km; natural gas 400 km
                     Ports and harbors: Doha, Halul Island, Umm Sa'id
                                        (Musay'id)
                       Merchant marine: total: 25 ships (1,000 GRT or over)
                                        totaling 679,081 GRT/1,051,088 DWT
                                        ships by type: cargo 10, combination
                                        ore/oil 2, container 7, petroleum
                                        tanker 6
                                        note: includes some foreign-owned
                                        ships registered here as a flag of
                                        convenience: Kuwait 1, United Arab
                                        Emirates 3 (2002 est.)
                              Airports: 4 (2001)
         Airports - with paved runways: total: 2
                                        over 3,047 m: 2 (2001)
       Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 2
                                        under 914 m: 1 (2001)
                                        914 to 1,523 m: 1
                             Heliports: 1 (2001)
  
   Military Qatar
   --------------
                     Military branches: Army, Navy, Air Force
      Military manpower - military age: 18 years of age (2002 est.)
      Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 316,885
                                        note: includes non-nationals (2002
                                        est.)
   Military manpower - fit for military males age 15-49: 166,214 (2002 est.)
                               service:
           Military manpower - reaching males: 6,797 (2002 est.)
                 military age annually:
         Military expenditures - dollar $723 million (FY00/01)
                                figure:
     Military expenditures - percent of 10% (FY00/01)
                                   GDP:
  
   Transnational Issues Qatar
   --------------------------
                                              Disputes - international: none
  
                                       



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