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Doha (Arabic: الدوحة, romanized: ad-Dawḥa or ad-Dūḥa) 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, it is home to most of the country's population. [1]
Qatar is the fifth most water-stressed country in the world. The Qatari peninsula protrudes 160 kilometres (100 mi) into the Persian Gulf, north of Saudi Arabia. It lies between latitudes 24° and 27° N, and longitudes 50° and 52° E. Most of the country consists of a low, barren plain, covered with sand.
Qatar is the fifth most water stressed country in the world. Based on estimates in 2011 estimates, 5.6% of the land is agricultural. Arable land comprises 1.1%, permanent crops 0.2% and permanent pasture 4.6%. 94.4% of the land was used for other uses. [41] In 2003, 129.4 km 2 (50.0 sq mi) of land was irrigated. [41]
Retrieved 23 May 2009. ^ "Qatar Airways to Launch Direct Services to Lisbon, Malta, Rabat, Langkawi, Davao, Izmir and Mogadishu". aviationtribune. Archived from the original on 11 December 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
Doha International Airport ( IATA: DIA, ICAO: OTBD) ( Arabic: مطار الدوحة الدولي) is an airport in Doha, Qatar. It was Qatar's commercial international airport until Hamad International Airport opened on 27 May 2014. While all scheduled commercial traffic ceased, the airport site and existing runway are still used by Qatar Emiri ...
Hamad International Airport ( IATA: DOH, ICAO: OTHH) ( Arabic: مطار حمد الدولي, Maṭār Ḥamad al-Duwalī) is an international airport in Qatar, and the home base of the national flag carrier airline, Qatar Airways. Located east of the capital, Doha, it replaced the nearby Doha International Airport as Qatar's principal and main ...
Qatar Petroleum District Tower 7. 222.8 metres (731 ft) 47 [ 2] West Bay (Doha) Office. 2016. InterContinental Doha The City. 221 metres (725 ft) 60.
Middle East map of Köppen climate classification. The Middle East (term originally coined in English [see § Terminology][ note 1]) is a geopolitical region encompassing the Arabian Peninsula, the Levant, Turkey, Egypt, Iran, and Iraq. The term came into widespread usage as a replacement of the term Near East (as opposed to the Far East ...