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LOCATION: Middle East, peninsula bordering the
Persian Gulf and Saudi Arabia
CAPITAL: Doha
AREA: 11,437 sq km
POPULATION: 885,359 (July 2006 est.)
LANGUAGES: Arabic (official), English
commonly used as a second language
ETHNIC GROUPS: Arab 40%, Indian 18%, Pakistani
18%, Iranian 10%, other 14%
GOVERNMENT: Traditional emirate
CURRENCY: Qatari rial (QAR)
GDP: $23.64 billion (2005 est.)
GDP - real growth rate: 8.8% (2005 est.)
Source: CIA World Factbook
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