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QATAR

The State of Qatar is a country in Arabia. It a total area of 11,000 km2. The climate is desert; hot, dry, humid and sultry in the summer. The terrain is mostly flat and barren desert covered with loose sand and gravel. Natural resources are crude oil, natural gas, fish. The religion is 95% Muslim. The official language is Arabic with English commonly used as a second language. Qatar was once under the control of Bahrain, but in 1916 the British government formally recognised Sheikh Abdullah-al-Thani as Qatar's ruler and in 1971 Qatar became an independent state.
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