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Qatar, photos of Qatar, Qatar pictures, Qatar images - Doha - capital of Qatar Emiri Diwan Palace _____ Qatar officially the State of Qatar, is a sovereign Arab country located in Western Asia, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula. Its sole land border is with Saudi Arabia to the south, with the rest of its territory surrounded by the Persian Gulf. A strait in the Persian Gulf separates Qatar from the nearby island kingdom of Bahrain. Qatar is an absolute monarchy and its head of state is Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Than. After Saudi Arabia, Qatar is the most conservative society in the GCC as most Qataris adhere to the strict Wahhabi interpretation of Islam.Sharia law is the main source of Qatari legislation according to Qatar's Constitution. Qatar is the world's richest country per capita and has the highest human development in the Arab World.