Internet country-code top level domain for Qatar
.qa
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Introduced
| 12 June 1996
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TLD
type
| Country code top-level domain
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Status
| Active
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Registry
| Qatar Domains Registry
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Sponsor
| Communications Regulatory Authority
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Intended use
| Entities connected with
Qatar
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Actual use
| Fairly popular in Qatar
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Registered domains
| 21,612 (July 2019)
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Registration restrictions
| Registration must occur through an accredited registrar
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Structure
| Country code top-level domain and second-level domains are available
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Dispute policies
| Complaints
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Registry website
| www
.domains
.qa
/en
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.qa
is the
Internet
country code
top-level domain
(
ccTLD
) for
State of Qatar
.
History
[
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As of September 2011, members of the general public can register Qatar Internet domain names (.qa) that are available through accredited registrars. Prior to the making the .QA domain available to the public, QDR held a “sunrise” period for the domains which enabled trademark holders and government entities to register for the Qatar-specific domain names.
[2]
As of 2014, thirteen registrars have been accredited by Qatar Domains Registry to offer the domain names. These registrars are Qtel, W3infotech, IP Mirror, Ascio,
MarkMonitor
, Marcaria, EPAG Domainservices, Safenames, Thexyz, CPS-Datensysteme, DomainMonster, and InternetX.
[3]
Qatar Domains Registry, regulated by the Communications Regulatory Authority, manages Qatar's
country code top-level domains
(ccTLD), which includes domains which are offered through accredited registrars and other closed domains related to Qatari institutions which means you must register your domain name directly from the Qatar Domains Registry. Qatar is among the first countries in the world to be able to offer domain names in Arabic, ???. domain represents Qatar's Arabic language online identity.
Qatar domains available through approved registrars are: .qa, .com.qa, .net.qa, .name.qa and Arabic ???. the latter of which is represented as
.xn--wgbl6a
in
Punycode
.
The domains that are registered directly from the Qatar Domains Registry are : .gov.qa, .mil.qa, .org.qa, .edu.qa and .sch.qa.
Second-level domains
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- .com.qa
? Commercial organisations; registered trademarks.
- .edu.qa
? Licensed Higher educational organisations in Qatar.
- .sch.qa
? Licensed private and public schools in Qatar.
- .gov.qa
? Governmental organisations.
- .mil.qa
? Ministry of State for Defense Affairs and
Qatar Armed Forces
.
- .net.qa
? Licensed networks of data communications.
- .org.qa
? Nonprofit organisations.
References
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External links
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Cyrillic script
| Arabic script
| Brahmic scripts
| Chinese characters
| Other scripts
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- ???????.
(
al-Jaz?’ir
,
Algeria
)
- ???.
(
Mi?r
,
Egypt
)
- ?????.
(
Bh?rat
, India)
- ?????.
(
Iran
,
Iran
)
- ??????.
(
al-Urdun
,
Jordan
)
- ??????.
(
Filas?in
,
Palestine
)
- ???????.
(
P?kist?n
,
Pakistan
)
- ???.
(
Qa?ar
)
- ????????.
(
al-Saudiah
,
Saudi Arabia
)
- ?????.
(
S?ry?
,
Syria
)
- ????.
(
Tunis
,
Tunisia
)
- ??????.
(
Emarat
,
UAE
)
- ????.
(
?Um?n
,
Oman
)
- ??????.
(
Maleesya
,
Malaysia
)
- ??????.
(
al-Ma?rib
,
Morocco
)
- ?????.
(
S?d?n
,
Sudan
)
- ?????.
(
al-Yaman
,
Yemen
)
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- .?????
(
B??la
,
Bangladesh
)
- .????
(
Bh?rat
,
India
)
- .????
(
Bh?rat
,
India
)
- .????
(
Bh?rat
, India)
- .?????
(
Bh?rat
, India)
- .????
(
Bh?rat
, India)
- .????
(
Bh?rat
, India)
- .????
(
Bh?rata
, India)
- .???????
(
Indiy?
, India)
- .???
(
Lao
,
Laos
)
- .???????????
(
Cinkapp?r
, Singapore)
- .????
(
La?k?
,
Sri Lanka
)
- .??????
(
Ila?kai
, Sri Lanka)
- .???
(
Thai
,
Thailand
)
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- .中?
(
Zh?ngguo
/
Zung
1
gwok
3
/
Tiong-kok
/
Chung-koet
,
China
)
- .中國
(
Zh?ngguo
/
Zung
1
gwok
3
/
Tiong-kok
/
Chung-koet
, China)
- .香港
(
Xi?ngg?ng
/
Hoeng
1
gong
2
,
Hong Kong
)
- .澳門
(
Aomen
/
Ou
3
mun
4
,
Macau
)
- .澳?
(
Aomen
/
Ou
3
mun
4
, Macau)
- .新加坡
(
X?nji?p?
/
Sin-ka-pho
,
Singapore
)
- .台灣
(
Taiw?n
/
Tai-uan
/
Thoi-van
,
Taiwan
)
- .台?
(
Taiw?n
/
Tai-uan
/
Thoi-van
, Taiwan)
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Others
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Reserved / unassigned
| Allocated / unused
| Phased out / deleted
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