Qatar is building a "pearl"

The construction of artificial islands, "The Pearl" is booming. It is 20 km away. north of the capital of Qatar, Doha. Until now ready to 4-acre island. In the "Pearl" Iceland 8000, luxury apartments, hotels of three, four columns to the port, beach clubs and stores a total area of 180,000 square meters island is ready to accept 40 000 inhabitants. The infrastructure of the island, will be ready for 2008, its cost is estimated at $ 412 million general contractor, Joannou and Paraskevaides Group expects construction of the largest islands in the territorial waters of the State of Qatar to end in 2009 . The State of Qatar in South Asia is on the peninsula in the Persian Gulf and Qatar has an area of 11 square kilometers. Once the country's income depends largely on the production of pearls, but now, thanks to the oil and gas, has become one of the richest countries in the region. PRIAN.ru