State of Qatar | |
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 Location and extent of Qatar (dark green) on the Arabian Peninsula. | |
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| Capital and largest city | Doha 25°18′N 51°31′E / 25.300°N 51.517°E |
| Official languages | Arabic |
| Common languages | English |
| Ethnic groups (2015[1]) | 11.6% Qataris 88.4% non-Qataris |
| Religion | Islam |
| Demonym(s) | Qatari |
| Government | Unitary absolute monarchy[2] |
• Emir | Tamim bin Hamad |
| Khalid Bin Khalifa | |
| Legislature | Consultative Assembly |
| Establishment | |
| 18 December 1878 | |
• Declared independence | 1 September 1971 |
• Independence from the United Kingdom | 3 September 1971 |
| Area | |
• Total | 11,581 km2 (4,471 sq mi) (158th) |
• Water (%) | 0.8 |
| Population | |
• 2017 estimate | 2,641,669[3] (140th) |
• 2010 census | 1,699,435[4] (148th) |
• Density | 176/km2 (455.8/sq mi) (76th) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2018 estimate |
• Total | $357.338 billion[5] (51st) |
• Per capita | $128,702[5] (1st) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2018 estimate |
• Total | $183.807 billion[5] (56th) |
• Per capita | $66,202[5] (6th) |
| Gini (2007) | 41.1[6] medium |
| HDI (2018) |  0.848[7]very high · 41st |
| Currency | Riyal (QAR) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (AST) |
| Driving side | right[8] |
| Calling code | +974 |
| ISO 3166 code | QA |
| Internet TLD | |
Qatar
Qatar, officially the State of Qatar, is a country located in Western Asia, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula. Whether the sovereign state should be regarded as a constitutional monarchy or an absolute monarchy is disputed. Its sole land border is with neighbouring Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) monarchy 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.