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State of Qatar

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State of Qatar
دولة قطر
Flag of State of Qatar
Flag
Coat of arms of State of Qatar
Coat of arms
Location of State of Qatar
Capital
and largest city
Doha
Official languagesArabic
Dominant mode of productionCapitalism
GovernmentUnitary Semi-constitutional monarchy
• Emir
Tanim bin Hamad
• Prime Minister
Mohammed bin Abdulrahman
History
• Independence from the United Kingdom
1971
Area
• Total
11,581 km²
Population
• 2020 estimate
2,795,484


Qatar, officially the State of Qatar, is a monarchy occupying the Qatar Peninsula on the north-eastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia. It shares its only land border with Saudi Arabia with the rest of the territory surrounded by the Persian Gulf. The Gulf of Bahrain separates it from the nearby island nation of Bahrain. Qatar is a US ally and allows the imperialist power to use its airbases to bomb the region.[1]

The capital of Doha is home to over 80% of the country's inhabitants with the land area mostly being made up of flat, low-lying desert. 85% of Qatar's inhabitants are migrant workers with almost no trade union activity.[2]

History

Ottoman Rule

The region submitted to Ottoman rule in 1871 who held the region until 1914 when it renounced its rights to Qatar in favour of the British.[3]

British Rule

Qatar became a British Protectorate on November 3, 1916 after the British imposed an unequal treaty on the Qatari.[3]

Independence

In 1968, with the imminent withdrawal of the British on the horizon, Qatar entered negotiations with Bahrain and the Trucial States for the potential formation of a Federation of Persian Gulf Emirates, but these talks ultimately failed and the Trucial States instead became the United Arab Emirates. A provisional constitution of Qatar was adopted on April 2, 1970, and the first Qatari government of ten ministers, seven of them from the Thani royal family, was formed on May 29, 1970. On September 1, 1971, Qatar was proclaimed an independent state with the UK recognising the move soon after and concluding a "friendship treaty". In September 1971, Qatar became a member of the UN and the Arab League.[3]

21st Century

The US made use of the Al Udeid air base during its imperialist war in Afghanistan in 2001 and Qatar has remained loyal to the US to the present day.[1]

Qatar was suspended from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in 2017 accused of supporting terrorism. In 2021 Qatar was readmitted to the GCC though with strengthened ties to Iran and Turkey.[1]

Economy

Qatar and Iran jointly own the South Pars North Dome natural gas field, the largest such maritime field in the world making Qatar one of the most natural gas rich countries in the world. It holds an estimated 50.97tn cubic metres of in-situ gas and some 50bn barrels of condensates and covers an area of 9,700 square kilometres.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Proletarian Writers (2022-12-31). "Qatar at the crossroads?" Proletarian. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
  2. Vince Hawkins (2022-11-18). "Sporting values built on bloodied sand: Qatar 2022" Counterfire. Archived from the original on 2022-11-18. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 A. A. Ershov (1979). The Great Soviet Encyclopedia: 'Qatar; Historical Survey'.