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Qatar

Qatar is a small peninsula jutting into the Arabian Gulf, where salt-flat desert meets an aggressively modern skyline built on decades of natural-gas wealth. Doha, its capital and dominant city, holds the vast majority of the population; beyond it, the country is largely flat, arid, and quiet. The contrast between heritage souqs and glass-and-steel towers is sharp and deliberate.

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Qatar occupies a thumb-shaped peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, bordered by Saudi Arabia to the south. Doha is the capital and cultural centre. Arabic is the official language, though English is widely spoken. The currency is the Qatari riyal, pegged to the US dollar. The country's identity blends Bedouin traditions with the ambitions of one of the world's wealthiest states per capita.

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