QATAR QATAR REGION MIDDLE EAST NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE SEPTEMBER 3 1971 FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION PROVISIONAL CONSTITUTIONAL ENACTED APRIL 19 1972 POPULATION 723542 1999 EST AREA 4412 SQ MI CAPITAL DOHA FORM OF GOVERNMENT MONARCHY NATURAL RESOURCES OIL NATURAL GAS FISH MAIN INDUSTRIES PETROLEUM PROCESSING FERTILIZERS CHEMICALS STEEL PRODUCTION CEMENT FISHING AGRICULTURE FRUITS VEGETABLES POULTRY DAIRY PRODUCTS CATTLE CURRENCY RIYAL GDP 12 BILLION 1998 EST GDP PER CAPITA 17100 1998 EST LANGUAGES ARABIC OFFICIAL ENGLISH RELIGIONS ISLAM LITERACY RATE 79 LIFE EXPECTANCY 72 YEARS MALE 77 YEARS FEMALE BIRTHRATE 17 BIRTHS PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 4 DEATHS PER 1000 POPULATION
