Qatar

Feb. 19, 2025

India and Qatar recently elevated their ties to a strategic partnership and agreed to double bilateral trade to almost $30 billion by 2030.

About Qatar:

  • It is a small nation located on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula.
  • It shares a sole land border with Saudi Arabia to the south and is surrounded by the Persian Gulf on all other sides.
  • The Gulf of Bahrain separates Qatar from the Kingdom of Bahrain.
  • The country spans an area of approximately 11,571 sq.km.
  • Doha is the capital and the largest city of Qatar.
  • Landscape:
    • The landscape of Qatar is primarily flat and barren desert.
    • Sand dunes dominate the southern part of the country, especially in the area known as the Khor al Adaid, or the "Inland Sea".
    • To the north and west, the terrain turns slightly rockier and features low-rising limestone formations.
    • Qatar has wadis, which are valleys that remain dry except during the rainy season when they can briefly turn into rivers.
  • Ethnic Groups:
    • Qatar was originally settled by Bedouin nomads from the central part of the Arabian Peninsula.
    • Qatari citizens, however, constitute only a small portion—roughly one-ninth—of the total population today.
    • Economic growth beginning in the 1970s created an economy dependent on foreign workers—mostly from Pakistan, India, and Iran—who now outnumber Qatari nationals.
    • Few Qataris still retain a nomadic lifestyle.

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