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Population: 863,051 (July 2005 est.)
Total Area: 11,437 sq km - slightly smaller than Connecticut
Climate: arid; mild, pleasant winters; very hot, humid summers
Natural resources: petroleum, natural gas, fish
Environment - current issues: limited natural fresh water resources are increasing dependence on large-scale desalination facilities.
Environment - international agreements: party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection. Signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements .
National holiday: Independence Day, 3 September
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Budget: revenues: $17.31 billion. expenditures: $11.31 billion, including capital expenditures of $2.2 billion (2005 est.)
Labor force: 440,000 (2005 est.)
Agriculture - products: fruits, vegetables; poultry, dairy products, beef; fish
Industries: crude oil production and refining, ammonia, fertilizers, petrochemicals, steel reinforcing bars, cement, commercial ship repair
Oil - production: 790,500 bbl/day (2005 est.)
Oil - imports: NA
Oil - exports: NA
Oil - proved reserves: 16 billion bbl (2005 est.)
Exports: $24.9 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.)
Exports - partners: Japan 41.9%, South Korea 15.8%, Singapore 9.1%, India 5.4% (2004)
Imports: $6.706 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.)
Imports - partners: France 26.6%, US 9.5%, Saudi Arabia 9.4%, UAE 6.3%, Germany 5.2%, Japan 5.2%, UK 5.1% (2004)
Government departments:
Ministry of Endowments and Islamic Affairs
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Media:
Gulf Times Newspaper - Qatar, Gulf and World News - Home
Aljazeera.Net English - Home Page
Alraya Newspaper - Qatar, Gulf and World News
Qatar News Agency
Travel Information:
Qatar Travel Information Lonely Planet Destination Guide
Other useful links:
Welcome To Qatar Petroleum!
US Qatar Business Council
News headlines
BankMuscat receives nod for Kuwait, Qatar branches Oman Daily Observer
Qatar: Udc Enters Another International Partnership TMCnet.com (Press Release)
Chili leaves Qatar 'broken, bruised and twisted'. Crash.net
Qatar prepares for another growth ... mena REPORT
QEWC to raise production capacity - Qatar Middle East North Africa Financial Network
Qatar: Galfar al-Misnad Engineering awarded contract for $42 million storage tanks Steel Mills of the World
Nation News In Brief: Qatar to chair UN panel meet The Peninsula
Qatar Airways talks new planes, new routes The Peninsula
Qatar bans poultry from India Khaleej Times
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