{"population":2639211,"blurb":{"text":"Qatar, officially the State of Qatar, is a country in West Asia. It occupies the Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East; it shares its sole land border with Saudi Arabia to the south, with the rest of its territory surrounded by the Persian Gulf. The Gulf of Bahrain, an inlet of the Persian Gulf, separates Qatar from nearby Bahrain. The capital is Doha, home to over 80% of the country's inhabitants. Most of the land area is made up of flat, low-lying desert.","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qatar"},"vexillology":{"text":"The flag of Qatar is in the ratio of 11:28. It is maroon with a broad white serrated band of nine points at the hoist. It was adopted shortly before the country declared independence from the United Kingdom on 3 September 1971 as a slight color change from an earlier flag adopted from 1949. The triangular edges represent Qatar as the 9th \"reconciled emirate\".\nThe flag is similar to the flag of Bahrain, which has fewer points, a 3:5 proportion, and a red colour instead of maroon. Qatar's flag is the only national flag having a width more than twice its height.","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Qatar"},"flagDesign":{"text":"The nine serrated points represent Qatar’s position as the ninth “reconciled emirate” to sign the 1916 Qatari-British treaty, after Bahrain, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Fujairah, Sharjah, Ras Al Khaimah and Umm Al Quwain. The white signifies peace, while the maroon reflects the nation’s rich heritage in purple dye production—a craft that dates back to the Kassite and Sasanian periods.\n\nIn 2012, the Qatari government defined the exact shade of the Qatari flag as Pantone 1955 C, or 'Qatar maroon'. The history of purple dye in the country dates back several centuries. It has been asserted that Qatar was the site of the earliest known production of shellfish dye during the rule of the Kassites due to the presence of a purple dye industry on Al Khor Islands. Qatar was also known for its production of purple dye during the rule of the Sasanian Empire. Mohammed bin Thani, who ruled from 1847 to 1876, proposed the creation of a flag with a purple-red colour in order to unify the state, and to highlight its historic role in the production of dye. In 1932, the British Navy suggested an official flag should be designed. According to the Qatari government, the British proposed that the flag be…","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Qatar"},"photos":["https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5c/Education_City_Stadium.jpg/500px-Education_City_Stadium.jpg","https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4f/Doha_Qatar_-_Katara_Towers_Lusail.jpg/500px-Doha_Qatar_-_Katara_Towers_Lusail.jpg","https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6c/Al-Rayan-Stadium-doha.jpg/500px-Al-Rayan-Stadium-doha.jpg","https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a5/17_11_2021_-_Visita_ao_Est%C3%A1dio_Lusail_%2851688270420%29.jpg/500px-17_11_2021_-_Visita_ao_Est%C3%A1dio_Lusail_%2851688270420%29.jpg"]}