, FM 63, shortwave 0

Radios: 2.565 million (1992 est.)

Television broadcast stations: 9
note: cable television available with US programs (1990 est.)

Televisions: 952,000 (1992 est.)

Defense
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Branches: paramilitary National Guard, Police Force

Defense note: defense is the responsibility of the US

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@Qatar
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Map
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Location: 25 30 N, 51 15 E -- Middle East, peninsula bordering the
Persian Gulf and Saudi Arabia

Flag
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Description: maroon with a broad white serrated band (nine white
points) on the hoist side

Geography
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Location: Middle East, peninsula bordering the Persian Gulf and
Saudi Arabia

Geographic coordinates: 25 30 N, 51 15 E

Map references: Middle East

Area:
total area: 11,000 sq km
land area: 11,000 sq km
comparative area: slightly smaller than Connecticut

Land boundaries:
total: 60 km
border country: Saudi Arabia 60 km

Coastline: 563 km

Maritime claims:
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
territorial sea: 12 nm

International disputes: territorial dispute with Bahrain over the
Hawar Islands; maritime boundary with Bahrain; 1965 boundary with
Saudi Arabia, renegotiated and revised in 1992, but not official
depiction

Climate: desert; hot, dry; humid and sultry in summer

Terrain: mostly flat and barren desert covered with loose sand and
gravel
lowest point: Persian Gulf 0 m
highest point: Qurayn Aba al Bawl 103 m

Natural resources: petroleum, natural gas, fish

Land use:
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
meadows and pastures: 5%
forest and woodland: 0%
other: 95%

Irrigated land: NA sq km

Environment:
current issues: limited natural fresh water resources are increasing
dependence on large-scale desalination facilities
natural hazards: haze, dust storms, sandstorms common
international agreements: signed, but not ratified - Biodiversity,
Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea

Geographic note: strategic location in central Persian Gulf near
major petroleum deposits

People
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Population: 547,761 (July 1996 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 30% (male 82,147; female 83,552)
15-64 years: 68% (male 263,107; female 109,177)
65 years and over: 2% (male 6,609; female 3,169) (July 1996 est.)

Population growth rate: