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Introduction to Qatar
Settling in Doha, Qatar
Education City
Carnegie Mellon University
People places things
Pictures of our Dwelling :
Qatar Foundation Housing
Street Scenes & Shopping :
Souq
New Friends :
Tuesday, 04 September 2007
Life’s New Chapter in Doha, Qatar
Qatar -- pronounce it like “cut-ter”; not “Ka-taar” which means train in Arabic! Total population of about 800,000, 50% resides in Doha. Expatriates make up about 70% of the population. Based on our observation, nationals from India, Pakistan, the Philippines, and Indonesia make up most of non-natives.
A growing economy that enjoys one of the highest income per capita in the world, Qatar owes its wealth primarily to its resources in natural gas as well as oil.
We are living in exciting
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