a sheikhdom occupying a peninsula on the west coast of the Persian Gulf; pop. 833,300 (est. 2009); official language, Arabic; capital, Doha. The country was a British protectorate from 1916 until 1971, when it became a sovereign independent state. Oil is the chief source of revenue.
卡塔尔(位于波斯湾西岸的一个半岛上的酋长国,2009年估计人口833,300,官方语言阿拉伯语,首都多哈,1916年至1971年为英国的保护国,之后成为独立君主国,主要财政收入来源是石油)。