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Extensible Markup Language  |  1995-06-15  |  3KB  |  19 lines
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  2. <!DOCTYPE card PUBLIC "-//Apple, Inc.//DTD card V 2.0//EN" "" >
  3. <card>
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  9.     <owner>5472</owner>
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  11.     <content>
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  14.         <text><span class="style42"></span><span class="style12">QATAR</span><span class="style14"></span><span class="style42">Official name: </span><span class="style13">Dawlat Qatar (State of Qatar)</span><span class="style42">Member of: </span><span class="style13">UN, Arab League, OPEC, GCC</span><span class="style42">Area: </span><span class="style13">11427 km2 (4412 sq mi)</span><span class="style42">Population: </span><span class="style13">521000 (1993 est)</span><span class="style42">Capital: </span><span class="style13">Doha 272000 (city 217000; 1986 est)</span><span class="style42">Language: </span><span class="style13">Arabic</span><span class="style42">Religion: </span><span class="style13">Wahhabi Sunni Islam (official; 98%)</span><span class="style42">GOVERNMENT</span><span class="style13">Qatar is an absolute monarchy. The Amir ΓÇô who is head of state and of government ΓÇô appoints a Council of Ministers and a 35-member Advisory Council. There are no political parties.</span><span class="style42">GEOGRAPHY</span><span class="style13">Qatar is a low barren peninsula projecting into the Gulf. </span><span class="style42">Climate: </span><span class="style13">Qatar is very hot in summer, but milder in winter. Rainfall averages 50 to 75 mm (2 to 3 in).</span><span class="style42">ECONOMY</span><span class="style13">The export of petroleum and natural gas gives Qatar a high standard of living. The steel and cement industries have been developed in an attempt to diversify. </span><span class="style42">Currency: </span><span class="style13">Qatari riyal.</span><span class="style42">HISTORY</span><span class="style13">By the 8th century ad Qatar was Islamic and had developed as a trading center. In the 1860s Britain intervened in a dispute between Qatar and its Bahraini rulers, installing a member of the Qatari ath-Thani family as sheik. Qatar was part of the Ottoman Empire from 1872 until 1915. Its ruler signed protection treaties with Britain in 1916 and 1934, and did not regain complete independence until 1971.</span></text>
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