!!!Qatar: Geography
||Location|Middle East, peninsula bordering the Persian Gulf and Saudi Arabia
||Geographic Coordinates|25 30 N, 51 15 E[{GoogleMap location='25.5,51.25' zoom='4'}]
||Area |''total: ''11,586 sq km\\''land: ''11,586 sq km\\''water: ''0 sq km__\\''We are unable to verify those figures from Factbook, since the 6 main sources we used for checking give different figures as follows:\\[Factbook|https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook]: 11586\\ [DBpedia|http://dbpedia.org]: 11571\\ [Geoname|http://www.geonames.org]: 11437\\ [Infoplease|http://www.infoplease.com]: 11437\\ [Britannica|http://www.britannica.com]: 11607\\ [Wolfram|http://www.wolframalpha.com]: 11586''__\\__Attempted Explanation__: Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to [office@global-geography.org|mailto:office@global-geography.org]
||Land boundaries|''total: ''60 km\\''border countries: ''Saudi Arabia 60 km
||Coastline|563 km
||Elevation Extremes|''lowest point: ''Persian Gulf 0 m\\''highest point: ''Tuwayyir al Hamir 103 m
||Highest Mountains|
||Terrain|mostly flat and barren desert covered with loose sand and gravel
||Natural Hazards|haze, dust storms, sandstorms common
||Natural Resource|petroleum, natural gas, fish
||Land Use|''arable land: ''1.21%\\''permanent crops: ''0.17%\\''other: ''98.62% (2011)
||Climate|arid; mild, pleasant winters; very hot, humid summers
||Irrigated Land|129.4 sq km (2003)
||Renewable Water Resources|0.06 cu km (2011)
||Environment_CurrentIssues|limited natural freshwater resources are increasing dependence on large-scale desalination facilities
||Environment - international agreements|''party to: ''Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution\\''signed, but not ratified: ''none of the selected agreements
||Large Cities|Doha; ar-Rayyan; Umm Salal; al-Wakrah; Khor\\Doha; Ar Rayyan; Umm Salal Muhammad; Al Wakrah; Al Khawr\\ __[[List Verified]__\\__Explanation:__ "Al Khor is city in northern Qatar. The last entry in both lists respresnt the Al khor city"\\[Important Cities|Geography/Asia/Qatar/Geography/Important_Cities]
||Geography-note|strategic location in central Persian Gulf near major petroleum deposits