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[|Qatar]

=Facts= A few salt pans (//shining white in the desert sun//) line the western coastal areas, and within Qatar there are no rivers or lakes. The Hawar islands serve as a loading terminal for oil from the western oil fields. ||
 * Current population || 1,280,862 ||
 * Capital || Doha ||
 * Major Religions || Islam ||
 * < Languages || Arabic ||
 * Type of Government || Qatar is an emirate, meaning it is a monarchy with an emir (head of state). The government is led by a prime minister who is appointed by the emir. ||
 * 2 Major cities other than the capital || Umm Said and Al Wakra ||
 * 2 major geographical landforms || Most of Qatar is a flat and rocky, sandy plain. there are low hills in the west and central, with massive sand dunes in the southeast.
 * Climate || Hot and humid, with a mild winter ||
 * Resources || The Hawar islands serve as a loading terminal for oil from the western oil fields. ||
 * Area of Country || 11,437 sq. km. (4,427 sq. mi) ||

=Places you may want to visit: Find **three** attractions that a tourist might want to visit in this country.=
 * ~ Place ||~ Description [[image:http://t0.gstatic.com/%20%20%20%20%20%20?%20=tbn:PPT0ESSDnjRzUM:http://www.energia.gr/photos/flag%20qatar.jpg width="228" height="168" caption="See full size image" link="http://www.energia.gr/photos/flag%20qatar.jpg"]] ||
 * Doha || Doha Zoo ||
 * Doha || Sheikh Abdullah Bin Qassim Al Thani. ||
 * Doha || Al Wakra museum ||



==Food==

Typical Breakfast: fruit concoctions such as lemon and milk or avocado milk shake

Typical Lunch:salads, stewed fish or lamb, vegetables, fruits, and bread

Typical Dinner:shrimp, lobster, tuna, red snapper, crab, and kingfish

Burghul Pilaf which is made of half kilogram burghul that means ed wheat, three teaspoons of butter, one medium onion which has to be chopped, one kilogram of beef or chicken stock and salt with pepper for taste. Boil the dry burghul in the butter until thoroughly encrusted and bubbly. Cook onion separately until soft and yellow. Blend burghul and onion. After you prepared the mixture add stock. Beat well and place in a covered casserole. Let in oven for at least fifteen minutes.

=Sports, Recreation, Entertainment=

golf, tennis and cricket,camel and horse racing

The country is surrounded by the sea so watersports are a must. Kite-surfing is increasingly popular for the westerners while the locals prefer driving jet-skis at high speed next to the beaches. If you like land more than the sea, feel free to go on one of the safari tours to the desert, try dune-bashing with Landcruisers, Nissans etc

=Festivals and Holidays=

Eid ul-Fitr (4 Days) is on the first day of the month of Shawwal in the Islamic calendar. **Eid**, is a Muslim holiday that marks the end of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting. //Eid// is an Arabic word meaning "festivity", while //Fiṭr// means "to break fast"; and so the holiday symbolizes the breaking of the fasting period. It is celebrated after the end of the Islamic month of Ramadan,is on the first day of Shawwal.

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