Total area: 11,000 km2
land area: 11,000 km2

Comparative area: slightly smaller than Connecticut

Land boundaries: 60 km total
Saudi Arabia 40 km, UAE 20 km

Coastline: 563 km

Maritime claims: Continental shelf: not specific
Territorial sea: 3 nm

Disputes: boundary with UAE is in dispute; territorial dispute with Bahrain over the Hawar Islands

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

Terrain: mostly flat and barren desert covered with loose sand and gravel

Natural resources: crude oil, natural gas, fish

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

Environment: haze, duststorms, sandstorms common; limited freshwater resources mean increasing dependence on large-scale desalination facilities

Note: strategic location in central Persian Gulf near major crude oil sources

NOTE: The information regarding Qatar on this page is re-published from the 1991 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Qatar Geography 1991 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Qatar Geography 1991 should be addressed to the CIA.