Passport card
State of Qatar
Qatar
- Capital
- Doha
- Continent
- Asia
- Currency
- Qatari riyal
- Languages
- Arabic
- People
- About 30 lakh
- Size
- About 11,586 km²
- Leader
- Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani
- Free since
- 3 September 1971
- Time
- 2½ hours behind India: at 12 noon in India, it is 9:30 am in Doha
⭐ Qatar's flag is the only national flag more than twice as long as it is tall.
Your Qatar stamp
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Two ways to learn
Learn about Qatar
Find it on the globe
Fly from India to Qatar
Turn the globe with your finger. Qatar has 1 neighbour on land: tap one to visit it.
Compare with India
Qatar and India, side by side
Both are drawn to the same scale.
- SizeIndia is about 280 times the size of Qatar.
- PeopleIndia has about 490 times as many people: about 146 crore in India and about 30 lakh in Qatar.
- DistanceDoha is about 2,600 km from Delhi, in a straight line.
- TimeQatar is 2½ hours behind India. When it is 12 noon in India, it is 9:30 am in Doha.
Test yourself
Quiz Me
30 questions on Qatar, a fresh mix every time you play. Answer one at a time and see why straight away.
Fly through 30 questions on Qatar
- A fresh mix from the country's 100 questions, every round.
- See the right answer and why, straight away.
- Score 18 or more to earn Qatar's passport stamp.
Map puzzle
Put Qatar back on the map
Qatar and its neighbour have fallen off the map. Can you put them both back?
Big neighbours stop at the edge of this map.
Drag each piece to its place on the map, or tap a piece and then tap its place.
For parents and teachers
Free Qatar worksheet
One page to print: colour the flag, name the neighbours, fill in the blanks and more. The answers are at the bottom, upside down.
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