Interesting Facts about Qatar

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19 curious facts about Qatar.

• Qatar is the world's least taxed country.
• Only about 30% of the residents of Qatar are actually citizens of Qatar. The population includes large communities of Indians, Pakistanis and Iranians, and smaller communities of Filipinos, Bangladeshis, Sudanese, Afghans, Sri Lankans and Britons.
• Qatar is geologically unstable; the land has risen two metres relative to sea level in the past 400 years. Qatar and Bahrain were once joined, but, over the centuries, the two land masses drifted apart.
• Qatari troops participated in the Persian Gulf War in 1990-91. Doha served as a base for offensive strikes by American and Canadian aircraft against Iraq and the Iraqi forces.