Qatar Information

This fact sheet provides some useful information on Qatar

• Dawlat Qatar or the State of Qatar is a peninsula located in the Persian Gulf having its land border shared with the Saudi Arabia.
• Qatar is enriched with natural gas and oil, which makes it one of the fastest growing economy in the world.
• Qatar is having the third largest natural reserve and its the top liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporter in the world.
• Qatar is an emirate and ruled by an Emir from the Al-Thani family.
• Qatar became independent on 3rd September 1971 from UK.
• Qatar is having the highest per capita income in the world.
• The 15th Asian Games, Doha 2006 was held in Qatar with athletes from 45 countries and Qatar became the 9th in the medal count.