Qatar or the
State of Qatar is an emirate in the Middle East and the Western Asia. The State of Qatar is surrounded by the Persian Gulf and Saudi Arabia is bordering Qatar. The
Qatar Provinces and Cities are well divided for administrative purposes. There are ten
municipalities in Qatar. These municipalities are also called as provinces. The provinces of Qatar are:
Ad Dawhah
Al Ghuwariyah
Al Jumaliyah
Al Khawr
Al Wakrah
Ar Rayyan
Jariyan al Batnah
Ash Shamal
Umm Salal
Mesaieed
The
cities of Qatar are as follows:
Doha, which is the capital of Qatar
Al Wakrah
Al Khor
Al Khuwayr
Ar Rayyan
Ar Ru'ays
Dukhan
Ras Laffan
Umm Bab
Umm Sa'id
Umm Salal Ali
Umm Salal Muhammad
Qatar was previously subjugated by the Ottoman and the British. It gained its independence on September 3rd in the year 1971. From the year 1995, Qatar was ruled by Emir Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani. Qatar has gone through a distinguished amount of socio political liberalization, a new constitution, enfranchisement of women, and the launch of the Arabic language satellite television news channel Al Jazeera. The State of Qatar is ranked as the eleventh richest country in the world per capita.
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