Qatar, a desert-covered Persian Gulf peninsula about the size of Jamaica, may be small, but its oil and natural gas reserves give it big clout.

卡塔尔是一个被沙漠覆盖的波斯湾半岛，其面积和牙买加差不多，也许稍小一点。但是石油和天然气储量为其提供了强大的国力。

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Back in the first century the Qatar peninsula was known locally as Catara.

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Qatar occupies a small peninsula that juts out into the southwest of the Gulf, bordering Saudi Arabia.

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