What the records say
- When
- 1971
- Kind
- Territorial change
- Where
- Qatar
- Coordinates
- 25.24° N, 51.14° E
- Process
- unknown
- Type
- Unknown process (often independences)
- Pop
- 160000
- Area km2
- 11000
- Losing
- United Kingdom
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Qatar
Country in West Asia
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.
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The source
- COW Territorial Change v6Correlates of War ProjectCorrelates of War: free use with citation
Nearby in time and place
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- United Arab Emirates → United Arab Emirates (unification)1972 · Territorial change
- 1966 Dhabyani coup d'état6 Aug 1966 · Coup