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Qatar Post is part of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology and is exclusively the national provider of postal services in the country. [2] The service has seen considerable expansion. There were only three direct dispatches of overseas mail in 1963 and this had increased to well over 100 by 2018.
Doha is the economic center of Qatar. The city is the headquarters of numerous domestic and international organizations, including the country's largest oil and gas companies, QatarEnergy and QatarEnergy LNG. Doha's economy is built primarily on the revenue the country has made from its oil and natural gas industries.
Qatar is the fifth most water-stressed country in the world. The Qatari peninsula protrudes 160 kilometres (100 mi) into the Persian Gulf, north of Saudi Arabia. It lies between latitudes 24° and 27° N, and longitudes 50° and 52° E. Most of the country consists of a low, barren plain, covered with sand.
16,596. • Density. 2,400/km 2 (6,100/sq mi) Al-Thumama ( Arabic: الثمامة, romanized : ath-Thumāma) is a district in Doha in Qatar. [2] It comprises one of five mega reservoirs for Qatar, designed with the purpose of improving water security. [3] Completed in 2020, [4] the reservoirs are among the largest in the world in their category ...
On 23 May 1963, Qatar Post took responsibility for postal services in Qatar and from 1966 the currency used on stamps was changed from rupees to dirhams and riyals. [4] Qatar Post joined the Universal Postal Union on 31 January 1969 and, in 2012, hosted the 25th Universal Postal Union Congress. [6] The event was held from September to October 2012.
The Washington Post reported on 18 November that the U.S. was nearing an agreement to release hostages and halt fighting, drafted during discussions in Doha, Qatar. On 22 November, Israel and Hamas exchanged hostages for prisoners and held a four-day ceasefire.
The Guardian has labelled her "the enlightened face of a profoundly conservative regime," while some refer to her as "the actual ruler of Qatar," and the "Matriarch of modern Qatar". [7] In 2024, there has been a launch of a global media campaign called on HH Moza to leverage her authority to ensure the release of 132 hostages held by Hamas in ...
History. In 2007, Qatar was, with Turkey, the only country to back Hamas after the group ousted the Palestinian Authority from the Gaza Strip. The relationship between Hamas and Qatar strengthened in 2008 and 2009 when Khaled Meshaal was invited to attend the Doha Summit where he was seated next to the then Qatari Emir Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, who pledged $250 million to repair the damage ...