Doha is the capital of Qatar. It is a modern and rapidly developing city and, considering the money being poured into construction, Doha looks set to become one of the premier cities in the Gulf within a few years.

Yet when the British came to meet the headman of the Al Bida in the nineteenth century it was little more than a pearl fishing village. It was, of course, the discovery of oil that spurred its phenomenal growth. And phenomenal it has been – at the start of the century the country had not much more than 30,000 inhabitants.

Population of Doha

In 2004 the population of Doha was 340,000. It has almost certainly grown since then; the population of Qatar has virtually doubled in that time.

Things To See In Doha

The Wind Tower

Doha's only remaining wind tower.In the times before AC some buildings were cleverly designed to circulate cooling air. This building, located in Souq Ahmed off Grand Hamed Street, is the last one left in Doha.