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  2. Geography of Qatar - Wikipedia

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    Qatar is a peninsula in the east of Arabia, bordering the Persian Gulf and Saudi Arabia, in a strategic location near major petroleum and natural gas deposits. The State of Qatar occupies 11,571 km 2 (4,468 sq mi) on a peninsula that extends approximately to 160 km (99 mi) north into the Persian Gulf from the Arabian Peninsula.

  3. Outline of Qatar - Wikipedia

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    The location of Qatar An enlargeable map of the State of Qatar. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Qatar: . The State of Qatar is a sovereign Arab emirate located in Southwest Asia on the Qatari Peninsula protruding from the northeasterly coast of the much larger Arabian Peninsula. [1]

  4. Bay of Zekreet - Wikipedia

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    The Bay of Zekreet (Arabic: دَوْحَة زِكْرِيت, romanized: Dawḩat az Zikrīt) is a half-moon shaped bay on the Zekreet Peninsula in western Qatar.The Zekreet Peninsula is a rocky, sandy desert, with numerous rock formations and gypsum plateaux.

  5. Qatar - Wikipedia

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    Qatar, [a] officially the State of Qatar, [b] is a country in West Asia.It occupies the Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East; it shares its sole land border with Saudi Arabia to the south, with the rest of its territory surrounded by the Persian Gulf.

  6. Zekreet Peninsula - Wikipedia

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    An Arabian oryx in a rawda near Zekreet Film City. The Abarug member of the Eocene-period Dammam Formation is the dominant structural-lithic unit of the area.The uppermost part of the Abarug member is formed of dull-colored slightly calcareous dolomitic limestone and is roughly 2 m (6.6 ft) thick, while the lower part is approximately 10 m (33 ft) thick and is composed of brightly-colored ...

  7. Zekreet - Wikipedia

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    Reconstructed ruins atop a limestone cliff in the Zekreet Peninsula. Zekreet (Arabic: زكريت) is a village in north-western Qatar near Dukhan and about 80 km (50 mi) north-west west of Doha. [2] Originally a sparsely populated area, Zekreet was built up in the 1940s after oil operations commenced in Qatar.

  8. List of historical monuments in Qatar - Wikipedia

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    Prior to visit, please contact Qatar Museums HAR10306 Al Ruwaida Archaeological Site [9] Qatar Museums Archeological Site GPS Coordinates (N 26° 5.016 E 51° 8.832) QNG (193128 – 480889) end of the 18th century Town ruins in northern Qatar. Prior to visit, please contact Qatar Museums HAR20829 Murwab Archaeological Site Qatar Museums

  9. The Pearl Island - Wikipedia

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    The Pearl Island (Arabic: جزيرة اللؤلؤة, romanized: jazirat alluwlua) in Doha, Qatar, is an artificial island with an area of nearly four square kilometers. It is the first land in Qatar to be available for freehold ownership by foreign nationals. [4] As of 2018, there were 27,000 residents.