Qatar

About Qatar

Qatar is a country in Western Asia, one of the 47 countries of Asia on GlobeQuizz. Its full official name is State of Qatar. In Arabic, the name is written قطر, and the capital الدوحة. Qatar is a member of the Arab League, which brings together 22 countries. It is also one of the 6 members of the Gulf Cooperation Council. Its geographic centre lies in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.

The capital of Qatar is Doha. Doha lies at about 25° north and 52° east. The official language of Qatar is Arabic. Its currency is the Qatari Riyal, with the symbol ⁨ر.ق⁩ and the international code QAR.

Qatar covers about 11,586 square kilometres, which puts it 158th by area among the 195 countries on GlobeQuizz. It shares land borders with one country: Saudi Arabia. Other countries in Western Asia include Türkiye, Yemen, and Iraq. Its flag is easy to confuse with the flag of Bahrain, a classic trap in the Hard level of the flags quiz. To practise flags, capitals and currencies, play the Asia quiz on GlobeQuizz, which mixes Qatar with the other countries of the same region.