Outline of Qatar

The Flag of Qatar		The Coat of arms of Qatar

The location of Qatar

An enlargeable map of the State of Qatar

The State of Qatar is a sovereign Arab emirate located in Southwest Asia on the Qatar Peninsula protruding from the northeasterly coast of the much larger Arabian Peninsula.^[1] It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the south; otherwise the Persian Gulf surrounds the state.

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Qatar:

General reference

An enlargeable relief map of Qatar

• Pronunciation:
• Common English country name: Qatar
• Official English country name: The State of Qatar
• Common endonym(s):
• Official endonym(s):
• Adjectival(s): Qatari
• Demonym(s):
• Etymology: Name of Qatar
• International rankings of Qatar
• ISO country codes: QA, QAT, 634
• ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:QA
• Internet country code top-level domain: .qa

Geography of Qatar

An enlargeable topographic map of Qatar

• Qatar is: a country
• Location:
  • Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere
  • Eurasia
    • Asia
      • Southwest Asia
  • Middle East
    • Arabian Peninsula
      • Qatar Peninsula
  • Time zone: UTC+03
  • Extreme points of Qatar
    • High: Qurayn Abu al Bawl 103 m (338 ft)
    • Low: Persian Gulf 0 m
  • Land boundaries:  Saudi Arabia 60 km
  • Coastline: Persian Gulf 563 km
• Population of Qatar: 841,000 - 155th most populous country
• Area of Qatar: 11,437 km²
• Atlas of Qatar

Environment of Qatar

An enlargeable satellite image of Qatar

• Climate of Qatar
• Environmental issues in Qatar
• Ecoregions in Qatar
• Renewable energy in Qatar
• Geology of Qatar
• Protected areas of Qatar
  • Biosphere reserves in Qatar
  • National parks of Qatar
• Wildlife of Qatar
  • Flora of Qatar
  • Fauna of Qatar
    • Birds of Qatar
    • Mammals of Qatar
• Natural gas in Qatar

Natural geographic features of Qatar

• Glaciers of Qatar
• Islands of Qatar
• Lakes of Qatar
• Mountains of Qatar
  • Volcanoes in Qatar
• Rivers of Qatar
  • Waterfalls of Qatar
• Valleys of Qatar
• World Heritage Sites in Qatar: None

Regions of Qatar

Ecoregions of Qatar

Administrative divisions of Qatar

• Municipalities of Qatar

Municipalities of Qatar

• Capital of Qatar: Doha
• Cities of Qatar

Demography of Qatar

Government and politics of Qatar

Main article: Government of Qatar and Politics of Qatar

• Form of government:
• Capital of Qatar: Doha

• Elections in Qatar
• Political parties in Qatar
• Political scandals of Qatar
• Taxation in Qatar

Branches of the government of Qatar

Executive branch of the government of Qatar

• Head of state: President of Qatar,
• Head of government: Prime Minister of Qatar,
• Cabinet of Qatar

Legislative branch of the government of Qatar

• Parliament of Qatar (bicameral)
  • Upper house: Senate of Qatar
  • Lower house: House of Commons of Qatar

Judicial branch of the government of Qatar

• Supreme Court of Qatar

Foreign relations of Qatar

• Diplomatic missions in Qatar
• Diplomatic missions of Qatar

International organization membership

The State of Qatar is a member of:^[1]

Law and order in Qatar

• Constitution of Qatar
• Crime in Qatar
• Human rights in Qatar
  • LGBT rights in Qatar
  • Freedom of religion in Qatar
• Law enforcement in Qatar

Military of Qatar

• Command
  • Commander-in-chief:
    • Ministry of Defence of Qatar
• Forces
  • Army of Qatar
  • Navy of Qatar
  • Air Force of Qatar
  • Special forces of Qatar
• Military history of Qatar
• Military ranks of Qatar

Local government in Qatar

History of Qatar

Main article: History of Qatar, Timeline of the history of Qatar, and Current events of Qatar

• Military history of Qatar

Culture of Qatar

• Architecture of Qatar
• Cuisine of Qatar
• Festivals in Qatar
• Languages of Qatar
• Media in Qatar
• National symbols of Qatar
  • Coat of arms of Qatar
  • Flag of Qatar
  • National anthem of Qatar
• People of Qatar
• Prostitution in Qatar
• Public holidays in Qatar
• Records of Qatar
• Religion in Qatar
  • Buddhism in Qatar
  • Christianity in Qatar
  • Hinduism in Qatar
  • Islam in Qatar
  • Judaism in Qatar
  • Sikhism in Qatar
• World Heritage Sites in Qatar: None

Art in Qatar

• Art in Qatar
• Cinema of Qatar
• Literature of Qatar
• Music of Qatar
• Television in Qatar
• Theatre in Qatar

Sports in Qatar

• Football in Qatar
• Qatar at the Olympics

Economy and infrastructure of Qatar

• Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 60th (sixtieth)

• Agriculture in Qatar
• Banking in Qatar
  • National Bank of Qatar
  • International Bank of Qatar
• Communications in Qatar
  • Internet in Qatar
• Companies of Qatar
• Currency of Qatar: Riyal
  • ISO 4217: QAR
• Energy in Qatar
  • Energy policy of Qatar
  • Oil industry in Qatar
• Health care in Qatar
• Mining in Qatar
• Qatar Stock Exchange
• Tourism in Qatar
• Transport in Qatar
  • Airports in Qatar
  • Rail transport in Qatar
  • Roads in Qatar
• Water supply and sanitation in Qatar

Education in Qatar

See also

Southwest Asia portal

Arabic language edition of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

• Index of Qatar-related articles
• List of international rankings
• List of Qatar-related topics
• Member state of the United Nations
• Outline of Asia
• Outline of geography

References

External links

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	Definitions and translations from Wiktionary
	Images and media from Commons
	Learning resources from Wikiversity
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	Quotations from Wikiquote
	Source texts from Wikisource
	Textbooks from Wikibooks

Wikimedia Atlas of Qatar

• Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Qatar Statistics Authority