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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.
In 1996, Qatar built Al Udeid Air Base at the cost of more than $1 billion. The U.S. first used the then-secret base in late September 2001, when the Air Force needed to get aircraft in position for its operations in Afghanistan. The U.S. has nearly 40,000 military personnel in the Middle East. The U.S.
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.
As Sayliyah Army Base. Coordinates: 25.188399°N 51.413527°E. US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld during a town meeting at Al Sayliyah Army Base in 2002. Al Sayliyah Army Base ( Arabic :قاعدة السيلية العسكرية) or Camp Al Sayliyah was a United States Army base in Al Sailiya, a suburb outside Doha, Qatar.
Zones of Qatar. 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]
Since 2015, Qatar has been divided into eight municipalities. [1] In 2004, a new municipality, Al Daayen, was created under Resolution No. 13, [2] formed from parts of Umm Salal and Al Khawr; at the same time, Al Ghuwariyah was merged with Al Khawr; Al Jumaliyah was merged with Ar Rayyan; Jarayan al Batnah was split between Al Rayyan and Al Wakrah; and Mesaieed was merged with Al Wakrah. [3]
8.6 km 2 (3.3 sq mi) West Bay Lagoon, also known as Leqtaifiya ( Arabic: لقطيفية; also spelled as Legtaifiyah or Al Qutaifiya) is a district of Doha, the capital city of Qatar. Spanning from the Doha Corniche to West Bay Lagoon, the area has villas on one side, and low rises on the other. The district is well known for its luxurious ...