Qatar
Qatar (officially State of Qatar) is a country in Western Asia, with its capital at Doha, and is home to roughly 2.9M people.
Arabic is the official language; the currency in circulation is Qatari riyal (ر.ق); people from here are called Qatari.
- »Qatar has among the highest GDP per capita in the world, from natural gas.
- »Almost the entire population lives in or around Doha.
Qatar has exactly one neighbour: Saudi Arabia to the west.
Doha has grown from a pearling and fishing town into a skyline of towers within a single lifetime, funded by natural gas.
11,162 km² (4,310 sq mi), 160th largest of 198 countries and territories on file, almost exactly the size of Jamaica.
Population 2,857,822, 138th of 198 on file. That averages 256 per km² (663 per sq mi).
The maroon colour came about by accident: the natural red dye used locally faded to purple-brown in the intense sun, and the shade was eventually adopted officially. At 11:28 it is the most elongated national flag in the world.