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Take you inside Qatar, a country built on mines

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The 2022 Qatar World Cup group stage is nearing its end, and I will take you into Qatar, a rich country in the Middle East with abundant oil and gas resources.

Take you inside Qatar, a country built on mines

The State of Qatar, referred to as Qatar, the capital Doha, is located on the Qatar Peninsula on the southwest coast of the Persian Gulf, with a land area of 11,500 square kilometers, Qatar is surrounded by the Persian Gulf sea on the east, north and west of Qatar, with a total coastline of 563 kilometers, south of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, with a total population of 2.658 million, of which Qatari citizens account for about 15% and foreign residents account for about 85%

Take you inside Qatar, a country built on mines

Qatar has the highest per capita income in the world, and compared to the familiar Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, Qatar is the richest of the Arab countries.

Take you inside Qatar, a country built on mines

Qatar is a country with a long history, and its inhabitants began to produce thousands of years ago, but for most of the early years they did not establish a unified sovereignty. It was not until the 7th century that Qatar became part of the Arab Empire. Between 1517~1776, it was ruled by Portugal, the Netherlands and England.

Take you inside Qatar, a country built on mines

In 1846, Thani bin Mohammed established the Emirate of Qatar. In 1872, it was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire. In 1882, the British invaded and declared the area a British "protectorate". It was not until September 3, 1971 that Qatar won its independence, and after independence Qatar was a sovereign monarchy with Islam as the state religion.

Take you inside Qatar, a country built on mines

Qatar is the world's largest producer and exporter of liquefied natural gas, and its natural gas reserves are the third largest in the world, after Russia and Iran, but these two countries are 1484 times and 143 times the size of Qatar. Qatar's Northern Gas Field is the world's largest single gas field, with an area equivalent to half of Qatar's land area and accounting for about 20% of the global share

Take you inside Qatar, a country built on mines

Qatar is the world's largest helium exporter and second largest producer, its helium reserves of 10.1 billion cubic meters, ranking second in the world, accounting for 19.4% of global reserves, while Qatar's crude oil reserves rank 14th in the world, proven reserves of about 25.2 billion barrels, accounting for about 1.5% of the global share, but its territory area is only 11,500 square kilometers, only equivalent to the size of the mainland Tianjin, so Qatar is a country built on mineral resources is not an exaggeration.

Take you inside Qatar, a country built on mines

As a monarchy in the Middle East, Qatar has achieved common prosperity for all people, and Qatar's per capita annual income exceeds one million, ranking first in the world. But Qataris only work 3 hours a day, and one Qatari once told reporters: "I work 3 hours a day, even overtime until 2 pm, and Qataris now rarely have my pragmatism." ”

Take you inside Qatar, a country built on mines

At the same time, Qatari citizens free water, free electricity, free gas, free medical treatment, free schooling, going abroad to see a doctor and study abroad countries are also all reimbursed, even marriage and childbirth will be issued tens of thousands of yuan bonus, if unemployed, you can also receive 160,000 yuan of government subsistence allowance every year, this is the poorest person in Qatar, and the government is completely tax-free for Qatari citizens, it can be said that Qataris from birth to burial, all expenses are paid by the government.

Take you inside Qatar, a country built on mines

Of course, in addition to their own citizens, the wages of foreign workers are also very considerable, and the labor force survey report released by the Qatari government shows that the average monthly wage of working in Qatar is 11,351 riyals, equivalent to 22,000 yuan.

Take you inside Qatar, a country built on mines

Due to the limited size of Qatar, the number of national troops is not large, and the total strength of the armed forces is about 12,000, of which Qatar's own citizens account for 30%. However, its annual military expenditure far exceeds that of ordinary countries, Qatar's military expenditure in 2016 was as high as 46 billion US dollars, Qatar's active military annual salary is also more than one million US dollars, and Qatar has also purchased a variety of advanced military weapons from the United States, Britain, France and other Western countries, it is said that this 10,000 troops are equipped with tanks and armored vehicles alone, an average of one for every 3 people, as well as a variety of the latest fighters and guided weapons purchased from Europe and the United States.

Take you inside Qatar, a country built on mines

Although God is generous to Qatar, but God's gifts are not infinite, oil and gas are non-renewable resources, so in order to get rid of the risks caused by excessive dependence on the oil and gas industry, Qatar has been promoting a sustainable development strategy in recent years, actively promoting economic development diversification, and investing in finance, manufacturing, information, sports and many other industries around the world.

Take you inside Qatar, a country built on mines

The 2022 Qatar World Cup will cost a total of 229 billion US dollars, you must know that from 1994 to 2018, the 7 World Cups combined only spent more than 40 billion US dollars, less than 1/4 of Qatar's current cost, and the construction of 8 football stadiums alone cost 7 billion US dollars.

Take you inside Qatar, a country built on mines

Qatar has a tropical desert climate, with daytime temperatures above 30°C, so every seat in the Qatar Stadium is intimately equipped with open-air conditioning, and even on the first day of the World Cup, players complained that they were cold.

Take you inside Qatar, a country built on mines

In the tropical desert, Qatar imports all the turf of its courses, knowing that in a country where oil is cheaper than water, each stadium requires 10,000 liters of water per day to irrigate.

Take you inside Qatar, a country built on mines

The prize money of this World Cup is also the highest in history, with a total of 440 million US dollars in prize money for participating teams, 42 million US dollars for the champion, at least 1.5 million US dollars in red envelopes for all participating teams, and British star David Beckham's Qatar World Cup spokesperson fee is as high as 150 million pounds (equivalent to 1.3 billion yuan)

Take you inside Qatar, a country built on mines

At the same time, Qatar also specially invited two giant pandas Jingjing and Sihai to Karta to participate in the World Cup, and at the same time spent a lot of money to build a special giant panda life venue for the two giant pandas to provide them with the best living environment in the hot Karta.

Take you inside Qatar, a country built on mines

The keepers in the panda hall are specially hired from China, and the fresh bamboo that the giant pandas eat daily is flown by special plane from Sichuan.

Take you inside Qatar, a country built on mines

Finally: "A piece of cloth on my head, I am the richest in the world" Although the country and people of Qatar are very rich, because its industrial level is not developed, Qatar is not a developed country.

Take you inside Qatar, a country built on mines

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Take you inside Qatar, a country built on mines

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