Doha

This article is about the capital city of Qatar. For other uses, see Doha (disambiguation).

Not to be confused with Duha.

Doha الدوحة
Capital city
Doha skyline The Pearl Marina Souq Waqif National Museum of Qatar Musheireb Downtown Doha Katara Cultural Village Museum of Islamic Art
Doha Location in Qatar Doha Location in West Asia
Coordinates: 25°17′12″N 51°32′0″E
Country	Qatar
Municipality	Doha
Established	1825
Area
• City proper	132 km2 (51 sq mi)
Population  (2020)
• City proper	1,186,023
• Density	8,990/km2 (23,300/sq mi)
• Metro	2,000,000
Time zone	UTC+3 (AST)
ISO 3166 code	QA-DA

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Doha (/ˈdoʊhɑː/; Arabic: الدوحة, romanized: ad-Dawḥah [ædˈdæwħæh, -ˈdoː-]) is the capital and largest city, and main financial hub of Qatar. Located on the Persian Gulf coast in the east of the country, north of Al Wakrah and south of Al Khor and Lusail, it is home to most of the country's population. It is also Qatar's fastest growing city and over 80% of the nation's population live in Doha or its surrounding suburbs, which are known collectively as the Doha Metropolitan Area.

Doha was founded in the 1820s as an offshoot of Al Bidda. It was officially declared as the country's capital in 1971, when Qatar gained independence from being a British protectorate. As the commercial capital of Qatar and one of the emergent financial centers in the Middle East, Doha is ranked "Beta+" on the Globalization and World Cities Research Network scale of "integration into the world city network". Metropolitan Doha includes parts of Al Rayyan such as Education City, an area devoted to research and education, and Hamad Medical City, an administrative area of medical care. It also includes Doha Sports City, or Aspire Zone, an international sports destination that includes Khalifa International Stadium, Hamad Aquatic Centre and the Aspire Dome.

The city was host to the first ministerial-level meeting of the Doha Development Round of World Trade Organization negotiations. It was also selected as host city of several sporting events, including the 2006 Asian Games, the 2011 Pan Arab Games, the 2019 World Beach Games, the 2024 World Aquatics Championships, the FIVB Volleyball Club World Championship, the WTA Finals and most of the games at the 2011 AFC Asian Cup. In December 2011, the World Petroleum Council held the 20th World Petroleum Conference in Doha. Additionally, the city hosted the 2012 UNFCCC Climate Negotiations, the 140th Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly in 2019 and the 2022 FIFA World Cup. The city will host the 2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup.