I-Qatar ikwiPeninsula yaseQatar kunxweme olusentshona ye-Gulf, emdeni we-United Arab Emirates kunye ne-Saudi Arabia. Maninzi amathafa kunye neentlango kuyo yonke indawo, kwaye indawo yasentshona ingaphezulu kancinci.Inemozulu yasentlango yetropiki, ishushu kwaye yomile, kwaye imanzi ngaselunxwemeni.Amaxesha amane onyaka awanakucaci. Nangona indawo yomhlaba ikwi-11,521 yeekhilomitha kuphela, inonxweme olumalunga neekhilomitha ezingama-550. Indawo ekuyo ngobuchule ibaluleke kakhulu, kwaye eyona mithombo iphambili yioyile kunye negesi yendalo. IsiArabhu lulwimi olusemthethweni, kwaye kusetyenziswa isiNgesi, uninzi lwabahlali bakholelwa kwi-Islam. I-Qatar, igama elipheleleyo le-Qatar, ikwi-Qatar Peninsula kunxweme olusemazantsi-ntshona e-Persian Gulf.Ziikhilomitha ezili-160 ubude ukusuka emantla ukuya emazantsi kunye ne-55-58 yeekhilomitha ububanzi ukusuka empuma ukuya entshona. Imelene ne-Saudi Arabia kunye ne-United Arab Emirates, kwaye ijongene ne-Kuwait ne-Iraq ngaphesheya kwe-Persian Gulf emantla. Kukho amathafa amaninzi kunye neentlango kummandla wonke, kwaye inxalenye yasentshona ingaphezulu. Yeyesimo sezulu sentlango yetropiki, eshushu neyomileyo, kwaye enomswakama ecaleni konxweme. Amaxesha onyaka amane akacaci gca. Nangona lo mhlaba umalunga ne-11,400 yeekhilomitha kuphela, unonxweme olumalunga neekhilomitha ezingama-550. Indawo ecwangcisiweyo ibaluleke kakhulu. I-Qatar yayiyinxalenye yoBukhosi bama-Arab kwinkulungwane yesixhenxe. IPortugal yahlasela ngo-1517. Yabandakanywa kubukhosi base-Ottoman ngo-1555 yaza yalawulwa yiTurkey ngaphezulu kweminyaka engama-200. Kwi-1846, uSani bin Mohammed waseka i-Emirate yeQatar. I-Bhritane yahlasela ngo-1882 yanyanzela inkosi yaseQatar ukuba yamkele isivumelwano sobukhoboka ngo-1916, yaza i-Qatar yaba ngumkhuseli wase-Bhritane. NgoSeptemba 1, 1971, iQatar yabhengeza inkululeko. Iflegi yesizwe: uxande othe tyaba ngomlinganiso wobude kububanzi obumalunga ne-5: 2. Ubuso beflegi bumhlophe kwicala leflagole, bumdaka mnyama ngasekunene, kwaye indawo yokudibanisa enemibala emibini ijagged. I-Qatar inabemi abangama-522,000 (amanani-manani asemthethweni ngo-1997), i-akhawunti yaseQatar nge-40%, kwaye abanye ngabaphambukeli, ikakhulu bevela e-India, Pakistan nase-mpuma ye-Asia amazwe. IsiArabhu lulwimi olusemthethweni, kwaye isiNgesi siqhele ukusetyenziswa. Uninzi lwabahlali bakholelwa kubuSilamsi, uninzi lwabo bangabehlelo lamaSunni Wahhabi. Uqoqosho lweQatar lulawulwa yioyile, kunye ne-95% yeoyile eveliselwe ukuthunyelwa ngaphandle, isenza ukuba iKatar ibe lelinye lawona mazwe aphambili athumela kumazwe angaphandle ioyile. Ixabiso le-oyile ekrwada yeakhawunti ye27% ye-GDP. Urhulumente uqaphela ukubaluleka okukhulu kuphuhliso loqoqosho olwahlukeneyo ukunciphisa uqoqosho lwesizwe ukuxhomekeka kwioyile. |