officially the State of Qatar, is a country located in Western Asia, occupying

 Qatar, officially the State of Qatar, is a country located in Western Asia, occupying the Small Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula. Its only land border runs with Saudi Arabia, neighboring on the Cooperation Council of the Gulf States, in the south, and the rest of the territory is surrounded by the Persian Gulf. The Bahrain Gulf, the gateway to the Persian Gulf, separates Qatar from neighboring Bahrain. At the beginning of 2017, the total population of Qatar was 2.6 million: 313,000 Qatari citizens and 2.3 million foreigners. Islam: In terms of income, the country has the third largest GDP per capita in the world and the sixth largest GNI per capita. Qatar is classified by the United Nations as a country with a very high level of human development, ranking third in the HDI in the Arab world after the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. Qatar is a World Bank high-income country with the third largest oil and natural gas reserves in the world.Qatar is the world's largest per capita source of greenhouse gases. Qatar has been ruled by the Thani House of Representatives since Mohammed bin Thani signed a treaty with the British in 1868 recognizing their separate status. After Ottoman rule, Qatar became a British protectorate in the early 20th century until independence in 1971. Cabinet of Ministers In the 21st century, Qatar has emerged as a significant world power. The Arab world thanks to its rich resources as well as the expanding global media group, Al Jazeera Media Network and the alleged financial support of various rebel groups during the Arab Spring. By its size, Qatar has a disproportionately large influence in the world and is considered a mid-range power. The 2022 FIFA World Cup will be held in Qatar, becoming the first Muslim and Arab country to host the 2030 Asian Games, which will also be held in Qatar.Pliny the Elder, a Roman writer, recorded the oldest recorded inhabitants of the peninsula around the middle of the 1st century AD, calling them Cathars, possibly derived from famous local settlements. Ptolemy created the first known map of the peninsula, calling it Qatar. The map also mentions a town called "Kadara" on the eastern side of the peninsula. It was used exclusively until the 18th century, after which "Qatar" became the "Last", after several variations - "Qatr", "Qattar" and "Guttur" - from the modern Qatari derivative, which took the name of the country. The name is pronounced in standard Arabic, and in the local dialect, Mesopotamian artifacts from the Ubayd period have been discovered in abandoned coastal settlements. Al-Daasa, a settlement located on the west coast of Qatar, is the most important Ubaid site in the country and is a Babylonian document from Kassit dating from the second millennium BC. Found on the Al Khor Islands is evidence of commercial activity. relations between Qatari and Kassites in modern Bahrain. Among the finds were 3,000,000 broken snails and cassites. jar.In 224 AD, the Sassanid Empire gained control of the territories surrounding the Persian Gulf. Qatar played a role in the Sassanid trade, producing at least two products: precious pearls and purple dye. Under the rule of the Sassanids, many inhabitants of the east