Qatar (Capital: Doha)
The US and its regional partners have opened a new combined air and missile defence coordination cell at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar.
Political Features
- Location: Situated in West Asia on the west coast of the Persian Gulf.
- Neighboring countries: Land Border with Saudi Arabia and Maritime Border with UAE, Bahrain and Iran.
- Bordering water bodies: Persian Gulf, Gulf of Bahrain.
Geographical Features
- It occupies the Qatar peninsula, a small desert peninsula extending northwards from the larger Arabian Peninsula.
- Possess world’s third largest natural gas reserves and is one of world’s largest exporters of natural gas.
- Sand dunes and salt flats, or sabkhahs, are chief topographical features.
- No permanent bodies of fresh water.
