Qatar

Qatar (  local pronunciation: Johnstone, T.M. "." Encyclopaedia of Islam. Edited by: P. Bearman , Th. Bianquis , C.E. Bosworth , E. van Donzel and W.P. Heinrichs. Brill, 2008. Brill Online. 4 Aprile 2009 www.brillonline.nl), kent offeecially as the State o Qatar or locally , 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 firstWorld Economic Outlook Database-April 2010, International Monetary Fund. Retrieved 21 Aprile 2010. 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.

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