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The location of Qatar An enlargeable map of the State of Qatar. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Qatar: . The State of Qatar is a sovereign Arab emirate located in Southwest Asia on the Qatari Peninsula protruding from the northeasterly coast of the much larger Arabian Peninsula. [1]
Qatar is a peninsula in the east of Arabia, bordering the Persian Gulf and Saudi Arabia, in a strategic location near major petroleum and natural gas deposits. The State of Qatar occupies 11,571 km 2 (4,468 sq mi) on a peninsula that extends approximately to 160 km (99 mi) north into the Persian Gulf from the Arabian Peninsula.
Qatar, [a] officially the State of Qatar, [b] is a country in West Asia. It occupies the Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East ; it shares its sole land border with Saudi Arabia to the south, with the rest of its territory surrounded by the Persian Gulf .
In the administrative divisions of Qatar, zones (Arabic: مَنَاطِق manāṭiq; singular مِنْطَقَة minṭaqa) are the second-highest level of government after municipalities. As of the 2015 census, there were 98 zones across the country. [1] However, several of these zones are not currently in use. [2]
Doha (Arabic: الدوحة, romanized: ad-Dawḥah [ædˈdæwħæ,-ˈdoː-]) is the capital city and main financial hub of Qatar.Located on the Persian Gulf coast in the east of the country, north of Al Wakrah and south of Al Khor and Lusail, it is home to most of the country's population. [1]
Fereej Mohammed Bin Jasim (Arabic: فريج محمد بن جاسم, romanized: Farīj Moḥammed Bin Jāsim) is a district in Qatar, located in the municipality of Ad Dawhah. It is bordered by Mushayrib, which it shares Zone 3 with. [2] The district was first mentioned in the 1940s. [3]
The Qatar National Master Plan (QNMP) is described as a "spatial representation of the Qatar National Vision 2030". [17] As part of the QNMP's Urban Centre plan, which aims to implement development strategies in 28 central hubs that will serve their surrounding communities, Nuaija has been designated a District Centre, which is the lowest ...
One of Qatar's largest public libraries is located in Al Hilal under the name Al Khansa Library for Women. [5] Established in 1981, [11] its collection consists of 60,000 Arabic-language books and 5,000 English-language books. [12] The following schools are located in Al Hilal: