Qatari rials (QAR) per US dollar - 3.64 (2008 est.), 3.64 (2007), 3.64 (2006), 3.64 (2005), 3.64 (2004)
Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XOF) per US dollar 438.77 (2008 est.), 481.83 (2007), 522.89 (2006), 527.47 (2005), 528.29 (2004) note: since 1 January 1999, the XOF franc has been pegged to the euro at a rate of 655.957 XOF francs per euro
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
10.000%
1.400%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
Location
Middle East, peninsula bordering the Persian Gulf and Saudi Arabia
Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea-Bissau and Mauritania
Area
11,586 km sq
196,722 km sq
Coastline
563 km
531 km
Climate
arid; mild, pleasant winters; very hot, humid summers
tropical; hot, humid; rainy season (May to November) has strong southeast winds; dry season (December to April) dominated by hot, dry, harmattan wind
