![]() In early 2017, the total population of Qatar was 2.6 million, with 313,000 of them Qatari citizens and 2.3 million expatriates. The partially-elected Consultative Assembly can block legislation and has a limited ability to dismiss ministers. ![]() ![]() ![]() He appoints the prime minister and cabinet. The current emir is Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, who holds nearly all executive and legislative authority under the Constitution of Qatar, as well as controlling the judiciary. Following Ottoman rule, Qatar became a British protectorate in 1916, and gained independence in 1971. Qatar has been ruled as a hereditary monarchy by the House of Thani since Mohammed bin Thani signed a treaty with the British in 1868 that recognised its separate status. The capital is Doha, home to over 80% of the country's inhabitants, and the land area is mostly made up of flat, low-lying desert. The Gulf of Bahrain, an inlet of the Persian Gulf, separates Qatar from nearby Bahrain. It occupies the Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East it shares its sole land border with Saudi Arabia to the south, with the rest of its territory surrounded by the Persian Gulf. Qatar ( UK: / ˈ k æ t ɑːr, ˈ k ʌ t-, ˈ ɡ æ t-, ˈ ɡ ʌ t-, k æ ˈ t ɑːr, ɡ æ-, k ə-/, US: / ˈ k ɑː t ɑːr, k ə ˈ t ɑːr/ Arabic: قطر, romanized: Qaṭar local vernacular pronunciation: ), officially the State of Qatar, is a country in Western Asia.
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