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"total": {
"text": "87 km"
},
"border countries (1)": {
"border countries": {
"text": "Saudi Arabia 87 km"
}
},
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"text": "Arabic (official), English commonly used as a second language"
},
"Religions": {
"text": "Muslim 77.5%, Christian 8.5%, other (includes mainly Hindu and other Indian religions) 14% (2004 est.)"
"text": "Muslim 77.5%, Christian 8.5%, other (includes mainly Hindu and other Indian religions) 14% (2004 est.)",
"religious affiliation": {
"text": null
}
},
"Population": {
"text": "2,194,817 (July 2015 est.)"
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},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "unicameral Advisory Council or Majlis al-Shura (15 seats; members appointed by the monarch); note - the 2003 constitutional referendum called for the election of 30 members, however, the first election scheduled for 2013 was postponed"
"text": "unicameral Advisory Council or Majlis al-Shura (15 seats; members appointed by the monarch); note - the 2003 constitutional referendum called for the election of 30 members, however, the first election scheduled for 2013 was postponed and current term extended until 2016"
},
"note": {
"text": "the Advisory Council has limited legislative authority to draft and approve laws, but the Amir has final say on all matters; Qatar's first legislative elections were expected to be held in 2013, but HAMAD postponed them in a final legislative act prior to handing over power to TAMIM; in principle the public would elect 30 members and the Amir would appoint 15; the Advisory Council would have authority to approve the national budget, hold ministers accountable through no-confidence votes, and propose legislation; the 29-member Central Municipal Council - first elected in 1999 - has limited consultative authority aimed at improving municipal services; members elected for 4-year terms; next election scheduled for May 2015"
"text": "although the Advisory Council has limited legislative authority to draft and approve laws, the Amir has final vote on all legislation; Qatar's first legislative elections were expected to be held in 2013, but HAMAD postponed them in a final legislative act prior to handing over power to TAMIM; in principle, the public would elect 30 members and the Amir would appoint 15; the Advisory Council would have authority to approve the national budget, hold ministers accountable through no-confidence votes, and propose legislation; the 29-member Central Municipal Council - first elected in 1999 - has limited consultative authority aimed at improving municipal services; members elected for a 4-year term; next election scheduled for May 2019"
}
},
"Judicial branch": {
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}
},
"Political parties and leaders": {
"text": "none"
"text": "political parties are banned"
},
"Political pressure groups and leaders": {
"text": "none"
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},
"Energy": {
"Electricity - production": {
"text": "28.87 billion kWh (2011 est.)"
"text": "32.7 billion kWh (2012 est.)"
},
"Electricity - consumption": {
"text": "28.24 billion kWh (2011 est.)"
"text": "30.53 billion kWh (2012 est.)"
},
"Electricity - exports": {
"text": "0 kWh (2013 est.)"
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"text": "0 kWh (2013 est.)"
},
"Electricity - installed generating capacity": {
"text": "7.83 million kW (2011 est.)"
"text": "7.947 million kW (2012 est.)"
},
"Electricity - from fossil fuels": {
"text": "100% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)"
"text": "98.5% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
},
"Electricity - from nuclear fuels": {
"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)"
"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
},
"Electricity - from hydroelectric plants": {
"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)"
"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
},
"Electricity - from other renewable sources": {
"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)"
"text": "1.5% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
},
"Crude oil - production": {
"text": "2.057 million bbl/day (2013 est.)"
"text": "1.54 million bbl/day (2014 est.)"
},
"Crude oil - exports": {
"text": "1.389 million bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "1.232 million bbl/day (2012 est.)"
},
"Crude oil - imports": {
"text": "0 bbl/day (2010 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
},
"Crude oil - proved reserves": {
"text": "25.24 billion bbl (1 January 2014 est.)"
"text": "25.24 billion bbl (1 January 2015 est.)"
},
"Refined petroleum products - production": {
"text": "287,500 bbl/day (2010 est.)"
"text": "310,900 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
},
"Refined petroleum products - consumption": {
"text": "220,000 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
"text": "230,000 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
"Refined petroleum products - exports": {
"text": "210,000 bbl/day (2010 est.)"
"text": "554,300 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
},
"Refined petroleum products - imports": {
"text": "0 bbl/day (2010 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - production": {
"text": "156.4 billion cu m (2012 est.)"
"text": "158.5 billion cu m (2013 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - consumption": {
"text": "35.58 billion cu m (2012 est.)"
"text": "32.93 billion cu m (2013 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - exports": {
"text": "120.8 billion cu m (2012 est.)"
"text": "125.5 billion cu m (2013 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - imports": {
"text": "0 cu m (2012 est.)"
"text": "0 cu m (2013 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - proved reserves": {
"text": "25.07 trillion cu m (1 January 2014 est.)"
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},
"Trafficking in persons": {
"current situation": {
"text": "Qater is a destination country for men, women, and children subjected to forced labor, and, to a much lesser extent, forced prostitution; the predominantly foreign workforce migrates to Qatar legally but often experiences situations of forced labor, including debt bondage, delayed or nonpayment of salaries, confiscation of passports, abuse, hazardous working conditions, and squalid living arrangements; foreign female domestic workers are particularly vulnerable to trafficking because of their isolation in private homes and lack of protection under Qatari labor laws; some women who migrate for work are also forced into prostitution"
"text": "Qatar is a destination country for men, women, and children subjected to forced labor, and, to a much lesser extent, forced prostitution; the predominantly foreign workforce migrates to Qatar legally but often experiences situations of forced labor, including debt bondage, delayed or nonpayment of salaries, confiscation of passports, abuse, hazardous working conditions, and squalid living arrangements; foreign female domestic workers are particularly vulnerable to trafficking because of their isolation in private homes and lack of protection under Qatari labor laws; some women who migrate for work are also forced into prostitution"
},
"tier rating": {
"text": "Tier 2 Watch List Qatar does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking; however, it is making significant efforts to do so; in 2013, the government took action to prevent human trafficking by convicting individuals for visa selling, doubling the number of labor inspectors, closing some recruitment firms, and implementing anti-trafficking awareness campaigns; authorities identified some trafficking victims and provided them with shelter and other protection services; the government did not reform the exploitive sponsorship system, prosecute or convict any trafficking offenders, or rigorously enforce laws prohibiting employers from wage and passport withholding (2014)"