GENERAL INFORMATION  IOC Code: QAT  Country:  Qatar  Continent: Asia  President: Sheikh Abdullah        bin Khalifah Al Thani        (Prime minister)  Capital: Doha  Largest City:  Doha  Currency: Riyal (QAR)  Official languages: Arabic  Motto:  POPULATION (1 January 2005)  Population: 813 000  GDP/inhabitant (in US $): 31 397    Density (inhabitants/km2): 75  Average age (in years):    Life expectancy (in years): 73.4  COMMUNICATION  Internet code: .qa   Calling code: +974

 DESCRIPTION
Qatar, officially the State of Qatar, is an emirate in the Middle East or Western Asia, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeasterly coast of the larger Arabian Peninsula. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the south; otherwise the Persian Gulf surrounds the state.

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