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Ar Rayyan.Informations Ar Rayyan Qatar
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Ruled by the Al Thani family since the mid-1800s, Qatar transformed itself from a poor British protectorate noted mainly for pearling into an independent state with significant oil and natural gas revenues. During the late 1980s and early 1990s, the Qatari economy was crippled by a continuous siphoning off of petroleum revenues by the amir, who had ruled the country since 1972. He was overthrown by his son, the current Amir HAMAD bin Khalifa Al Thani, in a bloodless coup in 1995. In 2001, Qatar resolved its longstanding border disputes with both Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. Oil and natural gas revenues enable Qatar to have a per capita income not far below the leading industrial countries of Western Europe..
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Capital Ar Rayyan : |
Doha .
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| Climate Ar Rayyan :
| arid; mild, pleasant winters; very hot, humid summers .
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| Life expectancy Ar Rayyan :
| 73.4 years .
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| Fertility rate Ar Rayyan :
| 2.95 children born/woman (2004 est.) .
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| Government Ar Rayyan :
| traditional monarchy .
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| Population Qatar :
| 840,290 (July 2004 est.) .
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| Area Total Qatar :
| 11,437 sq km .
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| Telephones Main Lines In Use Qatar :
| 184,500 (2003) .
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| Telephones Mobile Cellular Qatar :
| 376,500 (2003) .
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| International Country Code Ar Rayyan :
| 974.
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