Google
whm_title.jpg
 
HomeView AllAdvanced SearchMy AccountContact Us All Recors: 36565
Select Destination
Browse by Category
Members Login
Your E-mail

Password


Forgot your password?
Limited Time Offer

Middle East » Qatar - HOTELS

    Let World Hotel Monitor be your Travel Assistant today!

    Emails, Websites, Photos, Addresses for 36565 Travel Related records World Wide.

    The directory below lists all HOTELS in Middle East » Qatar


    Qatar Country Information and Map

[View All - HOTELS Directory (30865) - World Wide]

Records By Category in Qatar

Hotels

(5)

List of Cities with records in Qatar

Qatar Country Information and Map

Country Map

    Introduction


    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.


    Location


    Middle East, peninsula bordering the Persian Gulf and Saudi Arabia


    Geographic coordinates


    25 30 N, 51 15 E


    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


    territorial sea: 12 NM contiguous zone: 24 NM exclusive economic zone: as determined by bilateral agreements or the median line


    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: 98.46% (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 agreements


    party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements


    Geography - note


    strategic location in central Persian Gulf near major petroleum deposits


    Population


    840,290 (July 2004 est.)


    Capital


    Doha


    Phone Code


    +974


LanguageTeacher.com
Our Partners
©2003-2008