Debt - external:
$18.62 billion (2004 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
NA
Currency (code):
Qatari rial (QAR)
Currency code:
QAR
Exchange rates:
Qatari rials per US dollar - 3.64 (2004), 3.64 (2003), 3.64 (2002),
3.64 (2001), 3.64 (2000)
Fiscal year:
1 April - 31 March
Communications Qatar
Telephones - main lines in use:
184,500 (2003)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
376,500 (2003)
Telephone system:
general assessment: modern system centered in Doha
domestic: NA
international: country code - 974; tropospheric scatter to Bahrain;
microwave radio relay to Saudi Arabia and UAE; submarine cable to
Bahrain and UAE; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic
Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean) and 1 Arabsat