Qatar - a fascinating country. A country with huge deposits of natural gas oil, as a result - the state with the highest GDP per capita in the world. Externally, Qatar, like Dubai, but its hallmark is the amazing architecture, which blend different styles and directions.
Qatar is a sovereign Arab state, located in the Middle East. The State of Qatar is a small peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula.
Its only land border with Saudi Arabia is located in the south, with all the other sides, Qatar is washed by the Persian Gulf.
Its only land border with Saudi Arabia is located in the south, with all the other sides, Qatar is washed by the Persian Gulf.
The strait separates the Persian Gulf, Qatar from a neighboring island nation of Bahrain.
In Qatar, the mid-nineteenth century, there is an absolute monarchy. Power is concentrated in the hands of the Al Thani dynasty. Previously, the state was under a British protectorate, and was known primarily through pearling industry.
The country became independent in 1971, and became one of the richest countries in the region thanks to its huge reserves of oil and natural gas.
In 1995, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, the Emir was, when he seized power, first owned by his father, Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani, in a bloodless coup. Political parties in Qatar does not exist.
Since 1992, Qatar is actively developing military ties with the United States and now in the state is the headquarters of U.S. Central Command and the Joint Air Operations Centre.
Qatar ranks first in the world in terms of per capita output, and has huge reserves of oil and natural gas.
In 2010, Qatar had the highest GDP growth in the world per capita, while the economy grew by 19.40%, which is the highest in the world.
The main reasons for this rapid growth are actively increasing the rate of production and exports of liquefied natural gas, oil, petroleum products and the active development of related industries.
Qatar has the second highest human development in the Arab world after the United Arab Emirates.
V 2009 godu v Katare byl pyatym po velichine eksportnym rynkom Soedinennykh Shtatov na Blizhnem Vostoke, ustupiv lishʹ Obʺedinennym Arabskim Emiratam, Izrailyu, Saudovskoĭ Aravii i Yegiptu.
The population in the state is quite small and less than 300,000 people.
This leads to the fact that the basis of the labor force in Qatar are from other Arab countries (20% of the population), of the Indian subcontinent (India 20%, Nepal - 13%, Pakistan - 7%, Sri Lanka - 5%) South-East Asia (Philippines - 10%), and other countries (5%).
Qatar has attracted about 100 billion dollars of investment, of which about 60-70 billion dollars comes from the U.S. to develop the energy sector.
It is believed that Qatar will invest over 120 billion dollars in the energy sector in the next ten years.
