Americans in Qatar

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Americans in Qatar are a large immigrant community who numbered around 3,800 in the year 1999.{{citation|url=http://www.overseasdigest.com/amcit_nu2.htm |title=Private American Citizens Residing Abroad |publisher=Bureau of Consular Affairs |year=1999 |access-date=2010-09-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100326040310/http://www.overseasdigest.com/amcit_nu2.htm |archive-date=2010-03-26 }} In recent years, this figure has more than doubled and various estimates now put the number of Americans in Qatar to be up to 15,000.{{Cite web |url=http://www.bqdoha.com/2013/12/population-qatar: |title=Qatar´s population by nationality |access-date=2014-12-16 |archive-date=2015-07-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150711122624/http://www.bqdoha.com/2013/12/population-qatar: |url-status=usurped }} Most Americans within the country tend to be based in the capital city of Doha and are largely attracted by the tax-free inducement of the Persian Gulf state. American expatriates run a number of community organisations, meetups and get-togethers. There are also many American schools throughout Qatar, often consisting of U.S. teachers and students.