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TransportationAirports World Ranking: 173
6 (2012)
Airports - with paved runways
Total 4
Over 3,047 m 3 1,524 to 2,437 m 1 (2012) Airports - with unpaved runways
Total 2
914 to 1,523 m 1 Under 914 m 1 (2012) Heliports
1 (2012)
Pipelines
Condensate 145 km; condensate/gas 132 km; gas 980 km; liquid petroleum gas 90 km; oil 382 km (2010) Roadways World Ranking: 144
Total 7,790 km (2006)
Merchant marine World Ranking: 87
Total 28
By type Bulk carrier 3, chemical tanker 2, container 13, liquefied gas 6, petroleum tanker 4 Foreign-owned 6 (Kuwait 6)Registered in other countries 35 (Liberia 5, Marshall Islands 29, Panama 1) (2010) Ports and terminals
Doha, Mesaieed (Umaieed), Ra's Laffan
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Ruled by the Al Thani family since the mid-1800s, Qatar transformed itself from a poor British protectorate noted mainly for pearling into an independent state with significant oil and natural gas revenues. During the late 1980s and early 1990s, the Qatari economy was crippled by a continuous siphoning off of petroleum revenues by the Amir, who had ruled the country since 1972. His son, the current Amir HAMAD bin Khalifa Al Thani, overthrew him in a bloodless coup in 1995. In 2001, Qatar resolved its longstanding border disputes with both Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. As of 2007, oil and natural gas revenues had enabled Qatar to attain the highest per capita income in the world. Qatar has not experienced the level of unrest or violence seen in other Near Eastern and North African countries in 2010-11, due in part to its immense wealth. Qatar's international image is bolstered in part by the Doha-based Al Jazirah news network, which has provided comprehensive coverage of the Near East and North African Arab revolutions. Additionally, Qatar played a significant role in the Libyan revolution by pressing the Gulf Cooperation Council and the Arab League to assist the Libyan rebel movement.