Qatar

Qatar (Arabic: قطر‎ [ˈqɑtˁɑr] local pronunciation: [ɡitˁar]), kent offeecially as the State o Qatar or locally Dawlat Qaṭar, is an Arab kintra, kent offeecially as an emirate, in the Middle East, occupeein the sma Qatar Peninsulae on the northeasterly strand o the muckle lairger Arabian Peninsulae. It is bordered bi Saudi Arabie soothle; itherwise, the Persian Gulf surroonds the state. A kyle o the Persian Gulf sinders Qatar frae the nearhaun island nàtion o Bahrain. Qatar is an ile- an gas-rich naition, wi the third lairgest gas reserves, an the first or seicont heichest GDP per capita in the warld. An absolute monarchy, Qatar haes been ringit bi the al-Thani faimlie syne the mid-19t century an haes syne transformed itsel frae a Breetish protectorate notit mainly for pearlin intae an independent state wi significant ile an natural gas revenues. References