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Qatar or Katar[both: ku´tur, gu–, kutAr´] Pronunciation Key, officially State of Qatar, independent emirate (1995 est. pop. 534,000), c.4,400 sq mi (11,400 sq km), E Arabia, coextensive with the Qatar peninsula, which projects into the Persian Gulf. The capital and largest city is Doha. For administrative purposes, the country is divided into nine municipalities.
Qatar is one of the smallest Arab Gulf states in terms of population and geographical area. It is situated midway along the western coast of the Arabian Gulf between latitudes 24.27’ – 26.10’ North and longitude 50.45’ – 51.40’ East. It is an independent sate surrounded by Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Iran.
The country’s area is approximately 11,437 square kilometres and covers a low-lying limestone peninsula projecting northwards about 160 kilometres into the Gulf. The coastline is 563 kilometres long and bounds the country to the West, North and East.
The landscape of Qatar is generally flat arid desert terrain. The desert areas are predominantly low lying with the exception of scattered hill formations in the North West and rolling sand dunes in the South East areas.
The population of Qatar as per the 2010 census is 1,642, 235 people consisting of 1,235,716 males and 406,519 females.
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